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Title: Letter from William Hooper to the Honorable Committee of
Appointment, [1818?]: Electronic Edition.
Author: Hooper, William, 1792-1876
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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: Letter from William Hooper to the Honorable
Committee of Appointment [1818?]
Author: W. Hooper
Description: 1 page, 1 page image
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Call number 40005 ( University Archives, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Letter from William Hooper
to the Honorable Committee of Appointment, [1818?]
The Honorable Committee of Appointment
to the Honorable Committee of Appointment, [1818?]The Honorable Committee of Appointment
Page 1
Gentlemen
I beg leave to return the commission appointing me Supervisor of the Publick
Buildings and to resign that office. I have endeavored to discharge its duties
faithfully, and would continue to act if I did not find it interfere with my
other duties too much.
I have reason to believe Mr. Mitchell
will accept of the appointment, and as he has no
family, it will be more convenient for him to attend to the business than
myself. It certainly is of importance that the Supervisor should have the
buildings frequently under his inspection, and no person is so able to know the
necessary repairs as one of the Faculty. It was from seeing the inattention of
former agents and the consequent serious expenses to the Trustees that I offered
my services.
will accept of the appointment, and as he has no
family, it will be more convenient for him to attend to the business than
myself. It certainly is of importance that the Supervisor should have the
buildings frequently under his inspection, and no person is so able to know the
necessary repairs as one of the Faculty. It was from seeing the inattention of
former agents and the consequent serious expenses to the Trustees that I offered
my services. I am gentlemen with the greatest respect,
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