Title:Letter from Tod R. Caldwell to John Caldwell,
August 2, 1837: Electronic Edition.
Author: Caldwell, Tod Robinson, 1818-1874
Editor: Erika Lindemann
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the
electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by
Erika Lindemann and Cynthia Dickinson
Images scanned by
Mara E. Dabrishus
Text encoded by
Sarah Ficke
First Edition,
2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 12K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
The electronic edition is a part of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill digital library, Documenting the American
South.
Languages used in the text:
English
Revision history:
2005-03-15, Sarah Ficke finished TEI/XML encoding.
Part of a series:
This transcribed document is part of a digital collection, titled True and Candid
Compositions: The Lives and Writings of Antebellum Students in North
Carolina
written by
Lindemann, Erika
Source(s):
Title of collection: John Caldwell Papers (#329), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from Tod R. Caldwell to John
Caldwell, August 2, 1837
Author: Tod R. Caldwell
Description: 1 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 329 (Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Topics covered: Examples of Student
Writing/Letters and Letter Writing Travel and Entertainment/Travel
Editorial practices The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of
the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. Transcript of the personal correspondence. Originals are in the
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel
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For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions,
see Dr. Erika Lindemann's explanation under the section Editorial Practices.
Document Summary
Caldwell tells his father that his money for the session was stolen
on the trip to Chapel Hill, NC.
I arrived at this place in good health on last tuesday morning after
a very warm ride.2 I
had the misfortune to loose the money you gave me. I expect in
Salisbury I did not miss it before I passed
Greensboro. I felt my pocket several times to see if it was
safe and could always feel paper, so I thought all was safe untill it got so
warm that I unbuttoned my waistcoat to get some air and percieved that my
watch-pocket had been ripped open. and I then felt for my money & it was
gone, and a piece of blank paper slipped in its stead. I hope you will not
atta attach any blame to me for it, for
it was unavoidable, I took all possible care of it. It was stolen at night when
I was asleep.
I travelled from
Salisbury to
C.
Hillhill with
Mrs.
Hutchison and she requested me to give her love to
Ma.
She was very much pleased to see me when she found out who I was.
Neithcl Neither of
Col Avery's sons3 have
reached the
Hill
yet.
You will have to guess at this letter for I am so nervous that I
can't write. Give my love to all
1. John Caldwell Papers, SHC. The letter is addressed "John
Caldwell Esqr/
Morganton/
N.C." The letter has been stamped with a circular
postmark in the upper left corner; "CHAPELHILLN.C" appears inside the circumference of the mark, and
"JUL 2" in the center. The amount of postage, "18 3/4"
cents, is written in the upper right corner.
2. The journey from
Morganton to
Chapel
Hill, a distance of about 173 miles, took six days. The first half of
the journey, from
Morganton to
Salisbury,
NC, was a three-day stagecoach ride. In a January 14, 1838, letter to
his father,
Tod Caldwell
describes the route from
Salisbury to
Chapel
Hill: "We reached
Salisbury on Thursday a little after 4 Oclk & remained
there until after eleven next day and then travelled 31 miles to
Brummels from there we came 15 miles this side of
Greensboro and then to this place to day 37 miles"
(John Caldwell Papers, SHC).