Hughes, Leander, fl. 1823-1824
Chapelhill,
August 23rd 1823
Kind and affectionate parent
being now at leisure I sit down do to write you a few lines
descriptive of my situation at this place, as it appears that you have not
received my letters. I have written twice, and this
is the third time since my arrival here; but had almost determined not to
write anymore until I should receive some intelegence from you, yet I should have been impelled to it again by filial
affection, it is a singular pleasure to me to receive a letter from you at any
time and I hope it will not be long before you write to me again
I bo
ard at
Mrs Mitchels
and shall continue there during this
session. I room with a
Mr Prince
2 a
classmate
of mine whom I esteem and respect. in
one of my letters I I [s]tated that I Roomed
with
M.
Moore
but prefering
Prince and he appearing equally
anxious that I should room with him I done so while with
Prince I pay nothing for lodging whereas with any other
person I should pay five Dollars per session, I have obtained
a trunk by sending to
Raleigh
about two weeks after coming here. I am quite well and
have enjoyed very good health since my arrival
here I will now give you a detail of some of the occurencies that have taken
place since I came here; there have been two of the students dismissed from
college one for having a pistol for the purpose of exploding gunpowder the
other for allowing
him the privilge of
preparing
his the
[unrecovered] load in his room. there has also
been a very severe engagement here between a r[e]sident of this place and one
of its vicinity the latter unfortunately
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had
his entrails cut out while engaged in the
contest and walked from the spring to college or nearly so before it was
discovered a distance of nearly twohundred yards. he
has mended much, and it is thought will entirely recover.
The session expires on the fifth of December as you may have probaly
learned while here; at the end of this term I hope to have the pleasure to
return home.
as I have understood from
Gabriel
Moore
that his uncle intends sending for him at that time,
if and if it would suit
you to send for me then, I should like it
better than to come in the Stage as the boy can come
with
Moore
,s
please to start him soon enough to get here on
the the fourth of the month that I may start on the fifth.
Remember my love and esteem to grandmother tell her I am waiting to
recieve her letter
NB. kind and good mother please to have me some nice doublewove
Cloth for me against I return as that
will answer every purpose of supersede
the necssity buying cloth from the stores.