<hi rend="bold"> Letter from William H. Maverick to his mother, November 19, 1866:</hi> Electronic Edition. Maverick, William H. 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 Mike Millner First Edition, 2007 ca. 12K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2007

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 W.H. Maverick Papers (#498-z), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from William H. Maverick to his mother, November 19, 1866 Willie Maverick 4 pages, 4 page images 1866 Call number 498-z (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 </bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language id="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="unc_history"> <list> <item> Any special keywords assigned for this project </item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change> <date>2007-04-10,</date> <respStmt> <name>Mike Millner</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc06-85"> <body> <div1 type="personal letter"> <pb id="unc06-85-p01" n="[1]"/> <head> Letter from <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">William H. Maverick</name> to his <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">mother</name>, November 19, 1866</head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place">Chapel Hill N.C.</name> <lb/> <date>Nov 19<hi rend="sup">th</hi>. 1866</date> </dateline> <salute>Dear <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mother</name></salute> </opener> <p> About a week ago I received your very welcome letter. "Home once more"! What a glorious idea, no doubt you all now appreciate how dear to one is home. I received a letter from <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mary</name> this morning, & indeed I was glad to receive it. <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mary</name> did not say but from the way she wrote I understand that you have received my last letter to you "Written on sunday, about church time" & in that letter I informed you of the places where <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">George</name> & myself would spend our winter vacations. College duties will be performed for the last time this session on the day befor thanksgiving's day—on the 27<hi rend="sup">th</hi> of this month, the night of which day I <hi rend="underscore">hope</hi> to pull up stakes & travel for <name key="name0001238" reg="Wilmington, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Wilmington</name> in in company <pb id="unc06-85-p02" n="[2]"/>with my friend <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">John M<hi rend="sup">c</hi>Ilhenny</name>, in whose care I will expect my letters to be directed.</p> <p>Cholera has never approached this place.</p> <p>I am ashamed to say that I have not answered sister <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Ader's</name> letter to me — but I will in a few days. I was extremely glad to see from your's & <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Marys</name> letter that Sister <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Ada</name> & Major <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Minter</name> were entirely well again.</p> <p>Two or three weeks ago we received the $3.50 sent to us by <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Pa</name> through Major <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Minter</name>. We are now preparing for examination & some are studying very hard — <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">George</name> among them. I reckon <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">George</name> will take first all around. You asked me in your last to tell you how much I studied. I will tell you exactly what I do here. My Latin & Greek I study very little, you ask me why? Well — of Greek you know I had <pb id="unc06-85-p03" n="[3]"/>never learned my alphabet before coming here, whereas boys coming here & entering the Freshman class are required to have studied enough Latin & Greek to have occupied at least two years of hard studying before coming &c. Latin I had studied in all about eight months before coming here. French I study tolerably well — Mathematics I study very well. I am aware that boys have been in worse "fixes" here than I am & before leaving have taken first. You will ask what in the world I can be doing all the time? I answer that I am learning how to study, instead of my text-books (which were always obnoxious to me) I am studying History & I have now trained myself so well that one has never seen me playing (wasting my time away) these last two months next session I mean to turn my studying history into studying my text books. This session I <pb id="unc06-85-p04" n="[4]"/>have read between five & six thousand pages of history besides several useful book not history. I do not read novels. I am determined & promise you & myself that next session I will take a stand.</p> <p><name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mary</name> says that <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Sam</name> is going bear hunting with <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Policarifio</name> & others I envey him much & would give any thing to go with him. I hope <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Albert</name> knows more about book than I did at his age. I will write home again very soon.</p> <p><name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">George</name> & myself are in perfectly good health. Please tell <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Albert</name> to hang up my sock for me christmas eve (night), maybe I am not forgotten by <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">S.C.</name></p> <p>With love to all. I bid you adieu. </p> <closer> <salute>Your Loving Son</salute> <signed> <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Willie Maverick</name> </signed> </closer> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>