<hi rend="bold"> Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to his brother Charles Pettigrew, May 5, 1844:</hi> Electronic Edition. Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863 Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Bari Helms Text encoded by Brian Dietz First Edition, 2005 ca. 11K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 Pettigrew Family Papers (#592), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to his brother Charles Pettigrew, May 5, 1844 J. Johnston Pettigrew 3 pages, 4 page images 1844 Call number 592 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 </bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language id="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="unc_history"> <list> <item> Any special keywords assigned for this project </item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change> <date>2005-08-01,</date> <respStmt> <name>Brian Dietz</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc06-98"> <body> <div1 type="letter"> <pb id="unc06-98-p01" n="1"/> <head> Letter from <name key="pn0001348" reg="Pettigrew, James Johnston" type="person">James Johnston Pettigrew</name> to his brother <name key="pn0001346" reg="Pettigrew, Charles Lockhart" type="person">Charles Pettigrew</name>, May 5, 1844</head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0001146" reg="University of North Carolina" type="organization">University of N.C.</name> <lb/> <date>May 5<hi rend="sup">th</hi> 1844</date> </dateline> <salute>My Dear Brother,</salute> </opener> <p> I received your letter in due time and intended to have answered it sometime ago, but have neglected it as yet. For this negligence I have no excuse, except that when one has studied all the week and and attended society meetings on Friday night and Saturday morning, he feels very little like writing a letter, in the evening.</p> <p>The studies of the Freshman class are considerably lightened by carrying up the mathematics, and instead of five Algebra recitations a week we have only three. The Faculty have decided that the present course is to difficult for minds so young and untrained and on that account have transferred the study of Astronomy and Natural Philosophy to the Senior year. The present course is that. <name key="pn000" reg="Peirce, Benjamin" type="person">Prof. Pearce</name> of <name key="name0000141" reg="Cambridge, MA" type="place">Cambridge</name>, which is incomparably suserior to other courses on account of its conciseness and brevity; this indeed is carried too far in some instances and his Astronomy consists merely<pb id="unc06-98-p02" n="2"/>of Mathematics, without ever explaining a single cause or effect. I suppose you know, that <name key="pn0000611" reg="Graves, Ralph H." type="person">Mr. Ralph Graves</name> has been a tutor of Mathematics for some years past: he is very much liked and respected here by all and has repeatedly sent his respects to you and <name key="pn0001352" reg="Pettigrew, William Shepard" type="person">brother William</name>; I should have included <name key="pn0001314" reg="Owen, William Hayes" type="person">Mr Owen</name> also, who has since left for a professorship at <name key="name0001197" reg="Wake Forest College" type="organization">Wake-Forestt</name>. He used to be called Judge, when he was here and was famous for using large words and bombastic expressions; a great many copies of his speeches have been preserved in college, and afford some amusements.</p> <p>Our <name key="name0000869" reg="Philanthropic Society" type="organization">society</name> has been progressing and the <name key="name0000284" reg="Dialectic Society" type="organization">Dialectic</name> retrograding ever since 1837, last commencement, every <name key="name0000869" reg="Philanthropic Society" type="organization">Phi</name> member of the Senior class obtained a distinction and of the the ten, who spoke on the stage, seven were <name key="name0000869" reg="Philanthropic Society" type="organization">Phi's</name>. At this commencement, we are divided about equally, but one-half of our members have a distinction, while only one-third of the other society have, and of the five who take the first distinction, three are <name key="name0000869" reg="Philanthropic Society" type="organization">Phi's</name>.</p> <p>They have a large superiority in the Junior, which is the worst class, that has been here for some years. In the sophomore they have one first-distinction man to our three. In the Freshman they have none.</p> <p>The graduating class is the most talented, that has been here for some years and is quite a large one, which fact, taken in con<gap reason="[unrecovered]"/> with the address, which <name key="pn000" reg="Ives, Bishop" type="person">Bishop Ives</name> will deliver before the historical<pb id="unc06-98-p03" n="3"/>Society, is expected to attract numerous visitors, and it is hoped that we will have a larger commencement than usual. Both societies, with the assistance of the <name key="name0000107" reg="Board of Trustees" type="organization">trustees</name> are making great efforts to build new halls, and I hope they will suc[cee]d, for, our present one is much smaller than the <name key="name0000284" reg="Dialectic Society" type="organization">Di's</name>; and being next to the campus is exposed to every who may attempt to listen.</p> <p>The Bell is ringing for church now. Give my love to <name key="pn0001347" reg="Pettigrew, Ebenezer" type="person">Pa</name> and <name key="pn0001352" reg="Pettigrew, William Shepard" type="person">brother William</name> and believe me to be</p> <closer> <salute rend="right">Your aff brother</salute> <signed> <name key="pn0001348" reg="Pettigrew, James Johnston" type="person">J. Johnston Pettigrew</name> </signed> </closer> <pb id="unc06-98-bk" n="Back"/> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>