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Browse CollectionLC Subject Heading › 6 records found where LC Subject Heading is Durham (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

From the bar-room to pulpit: lecture delivered by Samuel W. Small at Stokes Hall, Monday evening, May 14th, 1888
A prohibition lecture delivered at Stokes Hall, Durham by Atlanta evangelist Samuel Small. Small recollects his encounters with Sam P. Jones and his personal conversion from drunkard to prohibitionist.
Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, April 26, 1886
Thomas D. Wright describes an altercation and "fight" between two women and the public's response to Mr. Blackwell's sudden departure to Raleigh.
Letter from Annie E. Snow to Richard Harvey Wright, May 13, 1886
Annie E. Snow gives a report to her brother-in-law Richard H. Wright about her health after the birth of her son, Horace Snow. Annie approves Richard's selection of the monument, inscription, and verse for the grave of Richard's deceased wife, Mamie Exum Wright.
Letter from James Southgate to Richard Harvey Wright, June 11, 1886
James Southgate asks Richard Harvey Wright for his support of Prohibition in Durham, North Carolina.
Life insurance policy for Richard Harvey Wright, 1877
Copy of life insurance policy application submitted by Richard H. Wright to James Southgate in 1877. The form provides information about the health of Richard, his siblings and his parents.
Life insurance policy for Thomas D. Wright, 1887
Copy of life insurance policy application submitted by Thomas D. Wright to James Southgate in 1887. The form provides information about the health of Thomas and his siblings and his parents.

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