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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 10 records found where LC Subject Heading is Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill Company
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, March 20, 1889 Thomas D. Wright updates his brother, Richard Harvey Wright, Vice-President of Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill, on business affairs. Thomas comments that the Farmer's Alliance rented the old Reams warehouse and states that there may be a shoe factory in Durham. Eugene Morehead, a banker from Durham, died in Savannah, Georgia.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, April 16, 1889 Thomas Wright reports on the fiscal situation of the Durham Bobbin & Shuttle Mills Co.:" Expenses up to this time are greatly in excess of out put [sic] of work." He also notes that Dr. Carr is treating Richard's daughter Little May with electricity.
	Letter from Jacob L. Watkins to Richard Harvey Wright, August 28, 1890 Jacob Lawrence Watkins, President of Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill, responds to Richard Harvey Wright's letter inquiring about the selling of the company to a syndicate. Watkins believes that a trust or syndicate could benefit his business.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, June 27, 1890 Thomas D. Wright, updates his brother, Richard Harvey Wright, on the fiscal situation at the Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Company. He also describes the emergence of new business ventures in Durham--The Farmers' Alliance tobacco plug factory and general excitement about a possible future cotton factory.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, May 09, 1890 Thomas D. Wright acknowledges receiving Richard's letter from Hong Kong. He sends a detailed report about the fiscal situation at the Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill. He notes also that "Trinity College will be moved to Durham. Will locate the college, in Blackwell's Park, arrangements are now being made to commence building. Most people think Durham is on the eave of a big boom."
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, February 11, 1890 Thomas Wright shares tobacco market news with his brother, Richard Harvey Wright. He notes that conditions are not favorable for buying tobacco on speculation as tobacco prices are "very high." Thomas also shares his plan for buying land from "old man Tilley" to make a new home for his family.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, October 31, 1889 Thomas D. Wright shares details of the Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill's sales report and the condition of its 40 employees. He refers to Tom Jones's death, to religion, and to a visit from Methodist preacher Sam Jones.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, April 29, 1889 Thomas Wright shares a detailed report of the Durham Bobbin & Shuttle Mills's accounts and operations with his brother Richard Wright.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, July 24, 1890 Thomas Wright explains that the presents of silver have been sent to Mrs. Annie E. Snow and she is expected to forward to Mrs. Edmundson.He also discusses orders at the Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Co.
	Map of the town of North Durham: property of B. L. Duke and its relative position to Durham, North Carolina An 1890 map showing the property owned by Brodie Leonidas Duke in Durham, North Carolina, just east of Trinity College, in an area now identified as Trinity Park. The map also provides names of downtown streets, shows the location of Bobbin & Shuttle Mills, fertilizer factory, cotton factory and railroad lines. Scale 400 feet to 1 inch or [ca.1:4800].

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