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Primary document
Title:
Letter from Thomas Ruffin, Jr. to his father, Thomas Ruffin,
April 1, 1841: 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
Caitlin R. Donnelly
First Edition, 2007
Size of electronic edition: ca. 16K
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:
2007-03-06, Caitlin R. Donnelly 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, April 1, 1841
Author: Thomas Ruffin
Description: 4 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 641 (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.
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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.
Page [1]
Chapel
Hill
April 1st
Dear Father
I would have written to you before, but it was my time to recite first this week,
and do not have but an hour and a half to get my lesson in.
I received a letter from Sister Catherine day before yesterday, which of course gave me a great deal of pleasure as
it was the first, that I ever received from her. Sister Anne is the only sister I have (except Sally) from whom I have never
received a letter.
I have a very sore toe, for one of the boys mashed the nail off of it, and which
caused me to be absent from prayers once, for it kept me awake untill after
midnight, and after I did get to sleep, I sleeped so sound that I could not hear
the bell next morning, for which I was very sorry, for I had resolved not to be
absent at all the last report, but I hope you will excuse me.
Page [2]
I have said nothing to John
about going home, for I knew that there would be no holiday at easter, But Papa
I wish you
would let me go home any how for I will not be absent from prayers But twice or
three times & from recitations twice, and you will know where I have
been, and I will promise to make up the recitations which I lose.
I wish you
would let me go home any how for I will not be absent from prayers But twice or
three times & from recitations twice, and you will know where I have
been, and I will promise to make up the recitations which I lose. I have drawn from Dr
Mitchel
five more Dollars, 5 cts of which I payed for postage & 5
of which I deposited in the post office, and spent
25 cts for candy and 25 cts for some
grapes and have the rest remaining in hand. I expect I will want no more money
except to pay my Ball subscription, and if any badges of society come from the
north I will be oblige to buy one for if I dont, they will fine me, which is
more than it will cost. John
Brodnax returned from Hills. last
monday where he had been to a party given by Col. Jones.
five more Dollars, 5 cts of which I payed for postage & 5
of which I deposited in the post office, and spent
25 cts for candy and 25 cts for some
grapes and have the rest remaining in hand. I expect I will want no more money
except to pay my Ball subscription, and if any badges of society come from the
north I will be oblige to buy one for if I dont, they will fine me, which is
more than it will cost. John
Brodnax returned from Hills. last
monday where he had been to a party given by Col. Jones.Tell Susan Mary that I will
answer her letter soon, if it can be called so, for it was two lines and a half.
and tell Mary Cain that I
will kiss
Page [3]
her the next time I see her for reading
the letter which I wrote, for Susan
Mary informed on her.
Page [3]
The Senior class are very busy, for they have to speak next week, James McNeill heard
from home the other week and all are well.
There is nothing new here & I expect you are tired reading this scrol of
bad written nonsense,
Give my love to all, and tell Mama that am very much oblige to her for the pantaloons.
Dear Father
I remain your affe[unrecovered] Son,
Thomas Ruffin
P.S. John W. Brodnax sends his
respects to all and says please to write word when you will go up to his fathers
Thomas Ruffin
Dear Father
Just
as I had sealed my letter one of the boys handed me a letter from James, who says that Smith has broke up School entirely on
account of the rumours in the neighbourhood and he will teach som few of the
boys and James and George may stay untill you go up, and
James says he hopes that you can
persuade Mr S. to let
Page [4]
them stay also, but he does not mention S. Cain I supposes he quits and
R. Brod. but not Fed.
Just
as I had sealed my letter one of the boys handed me a letter from James, who says that Smith has broke up School entirely on
account of the rumours in the neighbourhood and he will teach som few of the
boys and James and George may stay untill you go up, and
James says he hopes that you can
persuade Mr S. to letPage [4]