<hi rend="bold"> Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, May 21, 1862 :</hi> Electronic Edition. Henderson, John, fl. 1863 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 Steele Henderson Papers (#327), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, May 21, 1862 John 4 pages, 4 page images 1862 Call number 327 (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>2007-05-24,</date> <respStmt> <name>Caitlin R. Donnelly</name> <resp/> </respStmt> <item>finished TEI/XML encoding.</item> </change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text id="unc09-08"> <body> <div1 type="personal letter"> <pb id="unc09-08-p01" n="[1]"/> <head> Letter from <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">John Henderson</name> to his mother, <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mary Ferrand Henderson</name>, May 21, 1862 </head> <opener> <dateline> <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Chapel Hill</name> <date>May 21<hi rend="sup">st</hi> 1862</date> </dateline> <salute>My Dear <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mother</name></salute> </opener> <p>You must excuse me for not writing to you this week at the usual time, as I have had to review for several days past. Next week is examination week and I expect to get a terrible rushing. In my last letter I asked you to get me some cloth to make two suits of clothes; I hope you will attend to it immediately, as I havent got a single suit of clothes winter or summer but the one I have on my back. I wish you could get me a <hi rend="underscore">nice</hi> <pb id="unc09-08-p02" n="[2]"/>suit. I never was so much in need of clothes in my life as I am at present. I wish you would get the cloth so that I can have them made immediately after my arrival at home. The Proprietors of the boarding houses here, speak of charging one hundred and twenty ($120) for board next session; if they charge that much I dont expect, <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Father</name> will send me back here. I hope you will be able to get cloth enough to make me a nice suit of clothes. The boots, you sent want worth a cent; I had scarcely worn them a week before they began to wear. They are completely worthless now. I will get a pair of shoes in <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place">Chapel Hill</name>, if I can. I hope <pb id="unc09-08-p03" n="[3]"/><name key="pn0000869" reg="Jones, Hamilton Chamberlain, Jr." type="person" rend="yes">Ham Jones</name> is not seriously wounded, but that he will soon recover. I am glad to hear <name key="pn0000718" reg="Henderson, Leonard" type="person" rend="yes">Len</name> has had such a nice time with his friends in <name key="name0000434" reg="Granville County, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Granville</name>. I dont believe there are any slate pencils on the <name key="name0000165" reg="Chapel Hill, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Hill</name>, but if there are I will try to get <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Richard</name> one. Tell <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Dick</name> schoolmates consider pencils, &c public property and that he must never have more than <hi rend="underscore">one</hi> at a time, and if he does lend out always remember, to whom he lends, and make them give it back. <hi rend="underscore">Our</hi> church was not <hi rend="underscore">even</hi> represented in the convention. I dont see, why Mr <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Haughton</name> could not have come himself. They had barely enough for a quorum. The Bishop preached twice; he is a real <pb id="unc09-08-p04" n="[4]"/>"high churchman." he thinks no one has a right to preach except those, who are ordained by a Bishop, who descend from the apostles (I mean spiritual descent of course). I have nothing to find fault with him for, as I am a "High Churchman" myself; but I do think it strange, that he should preach such doctrines, when several of his own brothers are <name key="name0000903" reg="Presbyterians" type="organization">Presbyterian</name> ministers. I saw Mr <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">Mason</name> at convention; he looks well and hearty, and was very glad to see me. I will be home about about the sixth of June, Providence permitting I will let know for certain in last letter. Write soon to, your aff son Love to all.</p> <closer> <signed> <name key="x" reg="x" type="person" rend="">John</name> </signed> </closer> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI.2>