<hi rend="bold"> Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his mother, September 25,1867:</hi> Electronic Edition. Speight, Richard Harrison Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Caitlin R. Donnelly Text encoded by Caitlin R. Donnelly First Edition, 2007 ca. 12K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2007

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 John Francis Speight Papers (#3914), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his mother, September 25,1867 R H Speight 3 pages, 3 page images 1867 Call number 3914 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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 </bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language id="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="unc_history"> <list> <item> Any special keywords assigned for this project </item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change> <date>2007-02-16,</date> <respStmt> <name>Caitlin R. Donnelly</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc06-116"> <body> <div1 type="personal letter"> <pb id="unc06-116-p01" n="[1]"/> <head> Letter from <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Richard Harrison Speight</name> to his <name key="pn0001589" reg="Speight, Emma (née Lewis)" type="person" rend="yes">mother</name>, September 25,1867</head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Chapel Hill</name> <date>Sept 25<hi rend="sup">th</hi> '67</date> </dateline> <salute>Dear <name key="pn0001589" reg="Speight, Emma (née Lewis)" type="person">Mother</name></salute> </opener> <p>I have been expecting a letter from you for several days, but receiving none I have concluded to write to find out why you dont write. I got a letter from <name key="pn0001591" reg="Speight, Seth" type="person" rend="yes">Seth</name> several days since. He was very well. There is nothing new to be seen or heard about the <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Hill</name> now. The students seem to be interesting in nothing except baseball, & their lessons. Our reports will be made out in a day or two. I guess my stand on Math will be very low this session I have been trying to improve my stand on the languages, a little but I dont know whether I have succeeded or not. </p> <pb id="unc06-116-p02" n="[2]"/> <p>I have changed my boarding house since I wrote to you last. Miss <name key="pn0000741" reg="Hilliard, Ann "Nancy" Segur" type="person" rend="yes">Nancy</name> got to be so dirty I couldent stand it She had a plenty & a variety but it was sorrily served up I board with Miss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Sallie Mallett</name> now. It is a great deal nicer house than Miss <name key="pn0000741" reg="Hilliard, Ann "Nancy" Segur" type="person" rend="yes">Nancy</name>'s.</p> <p>I am sorry to have to write to you for more money, but cant possibly do without. I paid out all I brought up as soon as I got here in order that I might not spend it for trifles. & I haven't spent any foolishly. I shall need seventy dollars. Please send it soon. I shall need a suit of winter clothes before I come home. Please ask <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">John</name> to buy them for me & tell him to put in the box with them a pound or two of good <hi rend="underscore">chewing</hi> tobacco. That which he bought for me before I left<pb id="unc06-116-p03" n="[3]"/> home, spoiled, & I cant get any here fit to use. </p> <p>Tell <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">John</name> & Cousin <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Clio</name> that they <hi rend="underscore">needent</hi> to write at all. I have been expecting a letter from them so long that I have lost all hope & quit. </p> <p>Give my love to all & kiss <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Emma</name>. Write Soon.</p> <closer> <salute rend="right">Your affectionate son</salute> <signed> <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">R H Speight</name> </signed> </closer> </div1> <div1 type="postscript"> <p>P.S. Aunt <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="yes">Martha</name> sends her love, she will return hom the first of next week. She speaks of spending the winter with he relations in the lower counties.</p> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>