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Primary document
Title:
Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin,
Jan.uary 27, 1843 [Containing a Description of a Disturbance on
Campus]: Electronic Edition.
Author: Ruffin, Thomas, Jr.
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
Caitlin R. Donnelly
Text encoded by
Stephanie Adamson
First Edition, 2007
Size of electronic edition: ca. 12K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2007
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:
2007-02-12, Stephanie Adamson finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: Thomas Ruffin Papers (#641), Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas
Ruffin, January 27, 1843 [Containing a Description of a Disturbance on
Campus]
Author: Thomas Ruffin
Description: 3 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 641 (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.
Letter fromThomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin
, January 27, 1843
[Containing a Description of a Disturbance on Campus]
, January 27, 1843
[Containing a Description of a Disturbance on Campus] Page [1]
Chapel
Hill
Jan 27th
Dear father
I suppose that you have been looking for a letter from me, for some days. Since
it was your request that I should write every three weeks, I write just at this
period, because there has been a considerable disturbance amongst us, of which
you have no doubt heard before this & are anxious to hear if we took
any active part in it
I was deceived by some of the students & was made to go where the noise
first commenced, but so soon as I understood what it was I retired to my room,
or rather to James’ room,
where I remained till the next morning. James was more fortunate than my self. He had nothing whatever to do with it, neither
did George McNeill & I believe that Fred Brodman had nothing to do with it also.
The Faculty polled college & demanded an answer from everyone as regards
the part which each one took in the confusion. Everyone gave an answer
& all that were guilty confessed. This I thought was very hard, but
they are in doubt now concerning their fate.
It was very amusing to hear their confessions. Some said that they rode hoses,
some that they blew the horn & rang the bell
Page [2]
& others said that they tryed to blow the horn, but could
not mak a big noise. All confessed that they hollowed.
Page [2]
I have not heard from home but once this session. though I have written several
times.
Pleasant Holt was sent for in
great haste on yesterday & received a letter saying that his mother
died on Sunday morning very unexpectedly. He did not say what it was that she
died with.
I saw Col. Stockard, as he
passed through here, he gave me two lists of their proceedings, one for myself
& the other to [unrecovered] on.
The Legislature has done but very little in comparison with
the time consumed & the monies spent.
You will please to purchase for me at the book store a Norton’s Astronomy & a Map of charts
belonging to Worcester’s History & to send them up by the
Stage. I was not aware that I would have to use them or I should have procured
them from Mr Hughes, when
he was up here.
When you see Martha
Cain, please give my love to her & ask her to write to me, I hope that Judge
Cameron has recovered. Give my best respects to his family, especially
to Miss Mildred. Also to
Mrs & Misses Taylor.
Page [3]
James & George
& Fred all send their love to you.
I remain your affectionate son
Thomas Ruffin
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