<hi rend="bold">John Taylor's Bond as Steward, November 16, 1794 [1795]:</hi> Electronic Edition. Taylor, John Hunt, John Mebane, John Lytle, William Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text scanned (OCR) by Brian Dietz Images scanned by Bari Helms Text encoded by Brian Dietz First Edition, 2005 ca. 14K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 University of North Carolina Papers (#40005), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill John Taylor's Bond as Steward, November 16, 1794 [1795] John Taylor J Hunt John Mebane Willm Lytle 4 pages, 4 page images 1795 Call number 40005 (University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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And for supper a sufficiency of coffee, tea or milk at his option, together with the necessary quantity of bread or biscuit, and to furnish also potatoes & all other kinds of vegetable food usually served up in <name key="name0000745" reg="North Carolina" type="place">Carolina</name> in sufficient quantities, and to cause that the tables be covered every other day with clean cloths, to bring or cause to be brought from the spring such quantity of water as shall be necessary for the students<pb id="unc06-08-p03" n="169"/>in the opinion of the faculty and to place the same at or in the <name key="name0001146" reg="University of North Carolina" type="organization">university</name> as he may be directed, to cause that the rooms in the <name key="name0001146" reg="University of North Carolina" type="organization">university</name> be swept and the beds be made daily; and to cause also that the whole of the floors be washed clean at least once every fortnight together with the passages, staircases, steps &c. and particularly to cause that breakfast, dinner, and supper be regularly served up on each day and on such stated hours as have been heretofore pointed out to him and fixed on, that is to say breakfast shall be on the table at eight O'clock in the morning, dinner at one O'clock in the afternoon, and supper before or after candle light as the faculty shall direct; now if in all these matters and things the said <name key="pn0001656" reg="Taylor, John "Buck"" type="person">John Taylor</name> shall faithfully and truly acquit himself and in good faith execute and perform them agreeably to the nature and meaning of his contract and to the trust reposed in him then this obligation shall be void, otherwise it shall be in force.</p> <pb id="unc06-08-p04" n="170"/> <closer> <salute>Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of</salute> <signed rend="left"> <name key="pn000" reg="Craven, J" type="person" rend="yes">J. Craven</name> </signed> <salute>(Signed)</salute> <signed><name key="pn0001656" reg="Taylor, John "Buck"" type="person">John Taylor</name> (Seal)</signed> <signed><name key="pn000" reg="Hunt, John" type="person" rend="yes">J Hunt</name> (Seal)</signed> <signed><name key="pn000" reg="Mebane, John" type="person" rend="yes">John Mebane</name> (Seal)</signed> <signed><name key="pn000" reg="Lytle, William" type="person" rend="yes">Will<hi rend="sup">m</hi>Lytle</name> (Seal)</signed> </closer> </div2> <div2 type="official document"> <p>The foregoing is a copy from a bond in the possession of the <name key="name0000107" reg="Board of Trustees" type="organization">trustees</name> of the <name key="name0001146" reg="University of North Carolina" type="organization">university of North Carolina</name>.</p> <closer> <salute>Test.</salute> <signed><name key="pn0003182" reg="Potter, Henry" type="person" rend="yes">H Potter</name> Secy</signed> </closer> </div2> <div2 type="official document"> <p>It is to be remembered; that at those meals whether breakfast or supper, at which a sufficient quantity of milk shall be furnished, neither coffee, tea, nor chocolate shall be required, unless by boys who eat no milk, the <name key="name0000107" reg="Board of Trustees" type="organization">trustees</name> have agreed that milk may be dispensed with until the first day of May in the year 1796, and wheat bread and biscuit until the first day of August in the said year.</p> <closer> <salute>A copy Test.</salute> <signed><name key="pn0003182" reg="Potter, Henry" type="person">H Potter</name> Secy</signed> </closer> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>