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Title:
Letter from Nannie Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, September 12, 1889: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Wright, Nannie, b. 1852
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Funder:
Funding by the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.
Transcription Information:
Text transcribed by: Barbara Post
Images scanned by: Digital Production Center
Text encoded by: Katherine M. Wisser
Transcription Edition:
Edition: First edition,
Date: 2006
Publication Information:
Publisher: Duke University Libraries
Date: 2006
Availability: ©This work is the property of the Duke University Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.
Source Information:
Title: Letter from Nannie Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, September 12, 1889
Author: Nannie Wright
Date: 18890912
Note: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Note:
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Correspondence
Class: Dead
Class: Wright, Mamie E., 1885-1889
Class: Snow, Annie E., 1862 - 1936
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Wright, Nannie, b. 1852
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Buffalo Station (Va.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Correspondence
Dead
Wright, Mamie E., 1885-1889
Snow, Annie E., 1862 - 1936
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Wright, Nannie, b. 1852
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Buffalo Station (Va.)
Durham (N.C.)

all that was in my power to do for her, & it is a comfort to know I never left her but to do something for her, or to get something for her that I would not trust her nurse to do - I never thought of my own feelings where she was concerned - it seems as if I had supernatural strength all her life, for I was always so frail & weak myself that even the loss of a few hours sleep would make me sick, but all her life I would be up night after night & day after day with just a few minutes sleep now & then, when she would sleep, & never seem to feel it, it seems as if God gave me strength, you know he has promised, as thy day so

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