Title:
Letter from A.T. Powell to Richard Harvey Wright, January 17, 1889: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Powell, A.T.
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 A.T. Powell to Richard Harvey Wright, January 17, 1889
Author: A.T. Powell
Date: 18890117
Note: A.T. Powell, president of the Lone Jack Cigarette Company in Durham, North Carolina, describes a gruesome industrial accident that caused the death of a child in the factory. He believes the child accidentally got caught in a machine.
P: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Correspondence
Class: Dead
Class: Child labor -- Virginia -- 19th century
Class: Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Class: Lone Jack Cigarette Company (Lynchburg, Va.)
Class: Industrial accidents -- Virginia -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Tobacco industry -- Virginia -- 19th century
Class: Powell, A. T.
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Lynchburg (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Correspondence
Dead
Child labor -- Virginia -- 19th century
Tobacco industry -- North Carolina -- Durham -- 19th century
Lone Jack Cigarette Company (Lynchburg, Va.)
Industrial accidents -- Virginia -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Tobacco industry -- Virginia -- 19th century
Powell, A. T.
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Durham (N.C.)
Lynchburg (Va.)

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