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450 State Department of Archives and History
will be the Want of the Cash for immediate Purposes—Col.
Thomas is here in Mr
. Allison Business, and will return from this
to Raleigh during the Session of the General Assembly probably
about the first [,] Col. Donelson will probably accompany him.
—
You will find the Bearer Mr
. Harvey much recovered he ought
to have stayed until Spring when he no doubt would have been
quite restored to Health but his anxiety to return home was so
great that he could not be prevailed on to stay with us any
longer—The inclosed Order will shew you the Sum that I have
advanced him.—He had best return [3] here early in the Spring
if he does not recover his Health in the Course of the Winter
Bertie has visited the Cherokies & I expect he will return take
a Squaw and live in this Country for he appears much pleased
[with] both the Indians and this Country.—General Robertson
has been here but Farragut omitted to obtain Tho9 Blount's
Signature to the Power of Attorny therefore no Division of
lands could be made with him—I beg you not to let Mrs
.
Grainger want any Thing for her Support and I have moreover
to request you to know of her, her wants for it may be that She
may not otherwise make known to you such as she may feel.
Mr
. Fournier is with me teaching Billy and Richard85 French &
the former Music I wish you would send your son Thomas next
Spring if you cannot get a Place where you suppose he will derive
more advantages and if you wish him taught latin it can be done
well & cheap by the President of Blount College the Reverend
Mr
. Carrick86 who lives within three Miles of this Place and in the
Course of a year the College which is to be erected in this Town
will be in Readiness for Tuition.
—
Inclosed is a Copy of my Ace*, with Bryant Ward stated as
[was] by Ward stated & to me inclosed, no doubt the 4 Hogsheads
of Skins [4] Shiped from Savannah to Newyork and there sold
by Mr
. John Ramsay by my Order and all the other Charges
contained it must be for deliveries to Geo. Ogg and for which
he must now be my Debtor.—Not Knowing where Ogg now is I
do not write him but I request you to get hold of Wards Bond and
to engage Ogg or some other proper Person to go to Ward make a
settlment with him and take land or Horses or any Thing for
^Billie and Richard were William Blount's sons.
80The Reverend Samuel Czar Carrick, a Presbyterian minister. Stanley B. Folmsbee says:
"This little private school at the home of Reverend Carrick may be considered the embryo out of
which the present University of Tennessee was born." He also gives a more complete sketch of
Carrick. Blount College and East Tennessee College, 1794-1840 (Reprinted from the East Tennessee
Historical Society's Publication, No. 17, 1945), No. 1, 23-24.
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| Full Text | 450 State Department of Archives and History will be the Want of the Cash for immediate Purposes—Col. Thomas is here in Mr . Allison Business, and will return from this to Raleigh during the Session of the General Assembly probably about the first [,] Col. Donelson will probably accompany him. — You will find the Bearer Mr . Harvey much recovered he ought to have stayed until Spring when he no doubt would have been quite restored to Health but his anxiety to return home was so great that he could not be prevailed on to stay with us any longer—The inclosed Order will shew you the Sum that I have advanced him.—He had best return [3] here early in the Spring if he does not recover his Health in the Course of the Winter Bertie has visited the Cherokies & I expect he will return take a Squaw and live in this Country for he appears much pleased [with] both the Indians and this Country.—General Robertson has been here but Farragut omitted to obtain Tho9 Blount's Signature to the Power of Attorny therefore no Division of lands could be made with him—I beg you not to let Mrs . Grainger want any Thing for her Support and I have moreover to request you to know of her, her wants for it may be that She may not otherwise make known to you such as she may feel. Mr . Fournier is with me teaching Billy and Richard85 French & the former Music I wish you would send your son Thomas next Spring if you cannot get a Place where you suppose he will derive more advantages and if you wish him taught latin it can be done well & cheap by the President of Blount College the Reverend Mr . Carrick86 who lives within three Miles of this Place and in the Course of a year the College which is to be erected in this Town will be in Readiness for Tuition. — Inclosed is a Copy of my Ace*, with Bryant Ward stated as [was] by Ward stated & to me inclosed, no doubt the 4 Hogsheads of Skins [4] Shiped from Savannah to Newyork and there sold by Mr . John Ramsay by my Order and all the other Charges contained it must be for deliveries to Geo. Ogg and for which he must now be my Debtor.—Not Knowing where Ogg now is I do not write him but I request you to get hold of Wards Bond and to engage Ogg or some other proper Person to go to Ward make a settlment with him and take land or Horses or any Thing for ^Billie and Richard were William Blount's sons. 80The Reverend Samuel Czar Carrick, a Presbyterian minister. Stanley B. Folmsbee says: "This little private school at the home of Reverend Carrick may be considered the embryo out of which the present University of Tennessee was born." He also gives a more complete sketch of Carrick. Blount College and East Tennessee College, 1794-1840 (Reprinted from the East Tennessee Historical Society's Publication, No. 17, 1945), No. 1, 23-24. |
