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Primary document
Title:
Letter from William Watts Jones to Robert Williams, March 17,
1818: Electronic Edition.
Author: Jones, William Watts
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
Sarah Ficke
First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 8K
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:
2005-11-07, Sarah Ficke finished TEI/XML encoding
Source(s):
Title of collection: University of North Carolina Papers (#40005), University Archives,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from William Watts Jones to Robert Williams, March 17, 1818
Author: Wm Watts Jones
Description: 1 page, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 40005 (University Archives, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
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Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
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Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
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For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the University Archives, 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
Wilmington
March 17, 1818
Dear Sir
After much difficulty and trouble I have caught some of the negroes, mortgaged
to the Trustees of the University on their executions against Smith
.
.I have been obliged to get the sheriff to appoint new deputies who were two or
days and nights after them before they could get them, as they were concealed
and guarded. This has cost me about $30. I mention these things to
show you the difficulty of levying an execution on his negroes. I have no doubt
Smith
will
apply again for time; and if it is granted, I feel satisfied the negroes will
not be found to levy on; indeed he now keeps 3 or 4 out of the way.
will
apply again for time; and if it is granted, I feel satisfied the negroes will
not be found to levy on; indeed he now keeps 3 or 4 out of the way.I am perfectly disposed that he should have indulgence, if the trustees
think proper; but I will not undertake to have the execution satisfied again;
because the trouble and expense, (even if I could succeed) would be more than I
should get by it. His business is fast drawing to a close and I believe the debt
must be got now or never.
Yours sincerely
Wm Watts Jones
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