Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, December 6, 1847
Title
Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, December 6, 1847
Description
In this letter, Thomas Day wrote to David L. Swain about shelves that Day was making. In the letter, Day promised Swain that he would be provided with the best lumber and attention to the project, which he hoped to have done soon. This letter shows the care Thomas Day took in his work.
Creator
Thomas Day
Source
Thomas Day, Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, December 6, 1847, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Papers (#40005), University Archives. http://docsouth.unc.edu/unc/unc02- 58/unc02-58.html. (accessed October 20, 2014)
Date
1847-12-06
Contributor
Ashton Wassack
Type
Document
Coverage
Caswell County, North Carolina
Original Format
Correspondence
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Hon. Sir,
Yours of the 24 Nov. came in Time. I am preparing the Timbers to shelve your rooms Earley as possible, the plank has to be of superior quality & Dried in a steam kill which I have here. You advise me to come thare to do the work, but I think I can prepare the whole shelving & boxing here with the assistance of my four saws and bring it in waggons which I have, & put it up much sooner, better, & cheaper, to myself than to come & provide the lumber in that neighborhood. I can select better timber here and prepare it much better.
I am now in preparation for the work, will come and measure most of the Books and all the proper distances &c., so as to be but little time Engaged in the Building. You may fully rely, on the strictest attention being paid to the whole matter & I have no doubt you will be well satisfied when the work is done. Thankful for your kindness
And Verry Obediently yours
Thos. Day
Yours of the 24 Nov. came in Time. I am preparing the Timbers to shelve your rooms Earley as possible, the plank has to be of superior quality & Dried in a steam kill which I have here. You advise me to come thare to do the work, but I think I can prepare the whole shelving & boxing here with the assistance of my four saws and bring it in waggons which I have, & put it up much sooner, better, & cheaper, to myself than to come & provide the lumber in that neighborhood. I can select better timber here and prepare it much better.
I am now in preparation for the work, will come and measure most of the Books and all the proper distances &c., so as to be but little time Engaged in the Building. You may fully rely, on the strictest attention being paid to the whole matter & I have no doubt you will be well satisfied when the work is done. Thankful for your kindness
And Verry Obediently yours
Thos. Day
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Thomas Day, Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, December 6, 1847, Civil War Era NC, accessed February 16, 2025, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/1004.