Title: Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his mother, September
25,1867: Electronic Edition.
Author: Speight, Richard Harrison
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First Edition, 2007
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Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2007
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Hill digital library, Documenting the American South.
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English
Revision history:
2007-02-16, Caitlin R. Donnelly finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: John Francis Speight Papers (#3914), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his mother,
September 25,1867
Author: R H Speight
Description: 3 pages, 3 page images
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Call number 3914 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Letter from Richard Harrison
Speight to his mother
, September 25,1867
I have been expecting a letter from you for several days, but receiving none I
have concluded to write to find out why you dont write. I got a letter from
Seth several days since. He was very well. There is nothing new to be
seen or heard about the Hill now. The students seem to be interesting
in nothing except baseball, & their lessons. Our reports will be made
out in a day or two. I guess my stand on Math will be very low this session I
have been trying to improve my stand on the languages, a little but I dont know
whether I have succeeded or not.
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I have changed my boarding house since I wrote to you last. Miss Nancy
got to be so dirty I couldent stand it
She had a plenty & a variety but it was sorrily served up I board with
Miss Sallie Mallett now. It
is a great deal nicer house than Miss Nancy
's.
I am sorry to have to write to you for more money, but cant possibly do without.
I paid out all I brought up as soon as I got here in order that I might not
spend it for trifles. & I haven't spent any foolishly. I shall need
seventy dollars. Please send it soon. I shall need a suit of winter clothes
before I come home. Please ask John to buy them for me & tell him to put in the box with them
a pound or two of good chewing tobacco. That which he
bought for me before I left
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home, spoiled,
& I cant get any here fit to use.
Tell John & Cousin
Clio that they needent to write at all. I have been expecting a
letter from them so long that I have lost all hope & quit.
Give my love to all & kiss Emma. Write Soon.
Your affectionate son
R H Speight
P.S. Aunt Martha sends her
love, she will return hom the first of next week. She speaks of spending the
winter with he relations in the lower counties.