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Primary document
Title:
Letter from Thomas Bennehan to his sister, Rebecca, May 5,
1798: Electronic Edition.
Author: Bennehan, Thomas
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
Caitlin R. Donnelly
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:
2007-05-15, Caitlin R. Donnelly finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: Cameron Family Papers (#133), Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Thomas Bennehan to his sister, Rebecca,
May 5, 1798
Author: T D Bennehan
Description: 2 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 133 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
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.
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.
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University
May 5th 1798
Dear Sister
I received yours of the 2 by Mr. Richards who told me you all were in perfect
Health
I am sorry to relate to you that since I saw you last, thare has been nothing at
this place but Suspenshion and banishment; but I think that their carriear is in
some measure stoped, and I am in hoapes that perhaps now we shall live in peace,
Henry I belieaves expects
to have his summer cloathes sent to him from Nutbush, as Mr. Lyne told
him that he would I suppose that Johnny will be at this place in some short time as he promised
I suppose also it is quite unsertain about
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our Dear
Mothers
going with pappa who I suppose will set out in the
coarse of a week or 2 — give my Love to my Dear parents, write to me
by the first oppertunity
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going with pappa who I suppose will set out in the
coarse of a week or 2 — give my Love to my Dear parents, write to me
by the first oppertunityAnd may Heaven protect my Dear Sister
T D Bennehan
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