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Title:
Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, May 9, 1890: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Wright, Thomas Davenport, 1854-1901
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 Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, May 9, 1890
Author: Thomas D. Wright
Date: 18900509
Note: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Note:
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Hong Kong -- Travel and description -- 19th century
Class: Correspondence
Class: Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill Company
Class: Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham County
Class: Real property -- North Carolina -- Durham County -- 19th century
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Wright, Thomas Davenport, 1854-1901
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Hong Kong

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Hong Kong -- Travel and description -- 19th century
Correspondence
Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill Company
Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham County
Real property -- North Carolina -- Durham County -- 19th century
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Wright, Thomas Davenport, 1854-1901
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Durham (N.C.)
Hong Kong

shuttle Blocks, which we think will run us until next season for cutting timber. Our books show in a/c's [abbreviation for accounts?] due us $2200.00 with about $1000.00 in unfinished work in the mill that will go out in the course of 10 days. We are indebted to sundry parties to the amt. of about $800.00 Bills Payable a/c. shows notes outstanding $8830.57 Slaughter commenced to worry about the note of $700.00 we owed the Fidelity Bank and we paid that some time ago. If we can ever get in shape to turn out the work faster there will be a handsome profit in the business. We have kept several details accts. of the cost of Bobbins spools &.c. and in every instance it worked out not less than from 33 ⅓% to 50% profit. But it makes no difference what the profit is. If the out put doesn't equal the cost of running, no money can be made. I trust we can remedy this evil in the future. We could have made twice the work we

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