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Primary document
Title:
Letter from Exum Lewis Whitaker to William Figures Lewis, May 4, 1844:
Electronic Edition.
Author: Whitaker, Exum Lewis, 1823-1847
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
Size of electronic edition: ca. 12K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill digital
library, Documenting the American South.
Languages used in the text:
English
Revision history:
2005-10-24, Brian Dietz finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: Lewis Family Papers (#427), Southern Historical Collection, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Exum Lewis Whitaker to William Figures Lewis, May 4, 1844
Author: E. W.
Description: 3 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 427 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill)
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The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
Page 1
Saturday May 4th '44
Dear Figures
,
Your letter of April 15th was recd in due time, and according with your request I hasten to answer it immediately
after the reading of of the Senior report. The first distinction was this morning conferred on
Messrs R. Cowan
Horner
Johnston
Stanfield and Wetmore, the second on Messrs Battle
, Dalton
Fuller
Barbee
Steele
, Whitaker
, and Lewis, the third Ballanfant
Bryan
and Foster
. Stanfield the valedictory, Wetmore the salutatory.
Horner
Johnston
Stanfield and Wetmore, the second on Messrs Battle
, Dalton
Fuller
Barbee
Steele
, Whitaker
, and Lewis, the third Ballanfant
Bryan
and Foster
. Stanfield the valedictory, Wetmore the salutatory.
Jas. B. Shepherd
is to deliver the oration before the two Societies, and Jno. H. Bryan
is to preside in our society and Jno. H. Bryan Jnr.
alias Keats speaks the valedictory. I presume that he will
feel rather ticklish in complimenting his Papy's speech at least I should guess he would. It seems
to me that he ought to have resigned rather than be placed in such a situation. But it is nothing
more than could be expected from him. Be sure to come up to commence and cheer us with your
presence. I will be very happy to see you here a witness of my graceful exit from our Alma Mater. You will meet here W. Sanders
and I dare say many others of your old friends. We will be happy
to see as many of the faces of Edgecombe & Halifax as you can persuade to
Page 2
to come up with you. I'll task to the uttermost all my chivalric favors to make their visit
agreeable. If you wish a more formal invitation I take pleasure in referring you to the Editorial of
the last number of the University Magazine written by S. Philips
.
is to deliver the oration before the two Societies, and Jno. H. Bryan
is to preside in our society and Jno. H. Bryan Jnr.
alias Keats speaks the valedictory. I presume that he will
feel rather ticklish in complimenting his Papy's speech at least I should guess he would. It seems
to me that he ought to have resigned rather than be placed in such a situation. But it is nothing
more than could be expected from him. Be sure to come up to commence and cheer us with your
presence. I will be very happy to see you here a witness of my graceful exit from our Alma Mater. You will meet here W. Sanders
and I dare say many others of your old friends. We will be happy
to see as many of the faces of Edgecombe & Halifax as you can persuade toPage 2
.Enough for Chapel Hill, (Dr. Summerell has been here for the last 3 or 4 days) let us for a few
minutes occupy our thoughts with a subject equally as pleasing and to you, one would infer from your
letter, more so, the subject of Love, Love!
"'Tis second life, it grows into the soul
Warms in every vein, and beats in every pulse,
Do you feel it there?"
Warms in every vein, and beats in every pulse,
Do you feel it there?"
Excuse me for quoting poetry on a subject which from all accounts is dearer to you than any other,
moreover you are aware that persons in love are remarkably fond of poetry, and the above is quoted
for your especial benefit. You needn't try to make me believe you are not in love, for I heard of
your visit in Halifax otherwise than through your letter.
Joel came up a few days since with his cousin Sousan, and said that you and the Attorney started off together for Raleigh to see Clay
but so powerful was the magnet of your love that you found it impossible
to get farther than Halifax. Go ahead dear Fig
, take some of the advice to yourself, which you gave to me on the subject
of Senior Speaking and may success attend you. But if from a faint heart you fail to win and your
hopes wither and die, may that time not come
Page 3
until your humble servant is prepared to erect the monument, and Bob Tyler the epitaph.
but so powerful was the magnet of your love that you found it impossible
to get farther than Halifax. Go ahead dear Fig
, take some of the advice to yourself, which you gave to me on the subject
of Senior Speaking and may success attend you. But if from a faint heart you fail to win and your
hopes wither and die, may that time not comePage 3