<hi rend="bold"> Letter from Richard Harrison Speight to his mother, Emma Speight, August 22, 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, Emma Speight, August 22, 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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