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Title:
Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, June 22, 1890: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Wright, McCord Ball
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: Trudi Abel
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 McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, June 22, 1890
Author: McCord Wright Ball
Date: 18900622
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: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Student Life
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Education -- North Carolina -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- History -- 19th century
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Correspondence
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Social life and customs
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Ball, McCord Wright
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Greensboro (N.C.)
Class: Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Correspondence
University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Student Life
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Education -- North Carolina -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- History -- 19th century
University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Correspondence
University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Social life and customs
University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Ball, McCord Wright
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Greensboro (N.C.)
Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Durham (N.C.)

Greensboro, N.C., June 22" 1890
Dear Uncle Richard,

Your welcome favor to hand. I have stood my examinations, completing the Junior year. One more year will bring me thro', I will be twenty three (23) years old the 28' of next Dec. I had long cherished the idea of studying medicine, but I have now decided to be a Prof. modern Languages. I have completed the Latin course at Chapel Hill. Have read

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