Title:
Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, January 30, 1888: 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: 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 McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, January 30, 1888
Author: McCord Wright Ball
Date: 18880130
Note: McCord Wright Ball writes to his uncle, Richard Harvey Wright, about receiving money to pay expenses at college but states that he is not interested in saving money by sharing a room with another student. mcCord has been improving his speed in shorthand. He lists bills from McRae and from Mrs. Martin, who operates the boarding house in Chapel Hill in which McCord lives.
P: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Chapel Hill (N.C.) -- History
Class: Borrowing and lending -- 19th century
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Student Life
Class: Correspondence
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Social life and customs
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- History -- 19th century
Class: Education -- North Carolina -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: University of North Carolina (1793-1962) -- Students -- Correspondence
Class: Ball, McCord Wright
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Chapel Hill (N.C.)

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

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