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Title:
Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, July 15, 1890: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Ball, McCord Wright
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, July 15, 1890
Author: McCord Wright Ball
Date: 18900715
Note: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Note:
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Student Life
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Social life and customs
Class: Correspondence
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Education -- North Carolina -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Chapel Hill (N.C.) -- History
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Correspondence
Class: Borrowing and lending -- 19th century
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- History -- 19th century
Class: Ball, McCord Wright
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Greensboro (N.C.)
Class: Chapel Hill (N.C.)

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

to pay $20.00 for a suit and rent me a ball-suit, but failing to find one for rent, I bought a $25.00 cut-a-way suit which I thought would be suitable to dance in. I was the only one in the ballroom without a chesssuit on, but I got there all the same. I tried to get pa to get me a suit, but said that he could not afford to besides what I had was sufficient for me. The Amt. that I am in need of is for the following.

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