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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 7 records found where LC Subject Heading is Jones, Sam P., 1847 - 1906
	Letter from McCord Wright Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, November 10, 1889 McCord Wright Ball tells his uncle, Richard Harvey Wright, about Methodist preacher Sam Jones, his money problems, and his medical expenses.
	Letter from Annie E. Snow to Richard Harvey Wright, October 01, 1889 Annie E. Snow shares family news with her brother-in-law Richard H. Wright. She also describes her meeting with the Methodist preacher Sam Jones, William T. Blackwell's bankruptcy and Julian S. Carr's travels.
	Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, October 31, 1889 Thomas D. Wright shares details of the Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill's sales report and the condition of its 40 employees. He refers to Tom Jones's death, to religion, and to a visit from Methodist preacher Sam Jones.
	Letter from Robert I. Rogers to Richard Harvey Wright, November 08, 1889 Robert I. Rogers shares news about real estate in Durham, the rise in tobacco prices and the upcoming meeting of Blackwell's creditors. He also comments on the smaller turn out for the evangelical preacher Sam Jones, who held his revival in Durham.
	Letter from A. G. Carr, M. D. to Thomas Decatur Jones, September 15, 1889 Dr. A. G. Carr pens this darkly humorous letter to his friend and patient, Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). He tells Thomas that his outstanding medical bill totals two million dollars and that he would like Thomas to will him his infant son Decator, should the elder Jones, or his wife, die. Carr describes the excitement in Durham over the anticipated arrival of Sam Jones, the revivalist, and the death in Goldsboro of Dr. William M. Robey, a Methodist clergyman. He comments on the general health of Durham's citizens and writes that he will soon assist Mrs. Charlie McGary through childbirth. He closes by noting the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Thomas Martin and a raucous fox and oppossum hunt.
	Photograph of Sam P. Jones Portrait of Sam P. Jones, noted evangelist who held a revival in Durham, North Carolina in October 1889.
	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.

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