Title:
Letter from Lucy W. Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, June 22, 1885: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Ball, Lucy W.
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 Lucy W. Ball to Richard Harvey Wright, June 22, 1885
Author: Lucy W. Ball
Date: June 22, 1885
Note: In this letter from Lucy W. Ball to, her brother, Richard Harvey Wright, she asks about Richard and Mamie Exum Wright's baby daughter, Mamie Wright's health. She had been ill for some time. Lucy urges Richard to bring the baby to her in Greensboro, North Carolina so Lucy can heal the ailing child for a while. Lucy reminds her brother that she and her husband, Mr. Ball, plan to rent a house in Asheville, North Carolina, because Mr. Ball is unwell with dyspepsia. Lucy suggests that richard bring his baby and wife to Asheville if the baby's health does not improve in Greensboro.
P: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Care of children -- 19th century
Class: Correspondence
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: North Carolina -- Description and travel -- 19th century
Class: Wright, Mamie E., 1885-1889
Class: Wright, Mamie Exum, d. 1885
Class: Ball, Lucy W.
Class: Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Class: Wright, Nannie
Class: Infants -- Care -- History -- 19th century
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Ball, Lucy W.
Class: Greensboro (N.C.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Asheville (N.C.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Care of children -- 19th century
Correspondence
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
North Carolina -- Description and travel -- 19th century
Wright, Mamie E., 1885-1889
Wright, Mamie Exum, d. 1885
Ball, Lucy W.
Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Wright, Nannie
Infants -- Care -- History -- 19th century
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Ball, Lucy W.
Greensboro (N.C.)
Durham (N.C.)
Asheville (N.C.)

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