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Title: Dabney Cosby's Agreement for Repairs to the
Chapel, April 1847: Electronic Edition.
Author: Cosby, Dabney, 1779-1862
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First Edition,
2005
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
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Title of collection: University of North Carolina Papers
(#40005), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Dabney Cosby's Agreement for Repairs to the
Chapel, April 1847
Author: Dabney Cosby
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
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Call number 40005 (University Archives,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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1. The construction of [new end] gallery to correspond in all
respects with the side galleries. Each gallery to be provided with tripple
ranges of seats.
2. The pews to be reduced in width to about 2 feet 6 inches, so as
to consist of 11 tiers with comfortable seats on the extension of the 11th tier fronting the gallery. The seats in the old pews to be
reduced in height and rendered more comfortable, and the new ones to correspond
with the old.
3. The rostrum to be enlarged by extending the lathe and plaster
work to the wall, with the proper curve, so that the back part of the rostrum
may include the space between the two doors. A proper seat on a plat form
around the curve.
4. The construction of a music gallery above the rostrum, and the
necessary repairs to the seats [to be] occupied by the students.
5. Painting and white washing the interior of the
Chapel
,
re-washing the old part of the two Halls, repainting the sills and lintels, of
the old
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and new parts of both edifices, and
repairing the window frames, of the old parts of the two edifices.
,
re-washing the old part of the two Halls, repainting the sills and lintels, of
the oldPage 2
Dabney
Cosby agrees with
David L. Swain
and
William M. Green
, that he will execute the foregoing work,
for the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, in a neat and workmanlike manner, in time
for the occupancy of the
Chapel
at the approaching Commencement. The execution of the work to be approved and
the money to be paid by the
Trustees at Commencement.
and
William M. Green
, that he will execute the foregoing work,
for the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, in a neat and workmanlike manner, in time
for the occupancy of the
Chapel
at the approaching Commencement. The execution of the work to be approved and
the money to be paid by the
Trustees at Commencement.Dabney Cosby
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