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Primary document
Title:
Letter from James P. Rives to Seth, September 8, 1867:
Electronic Edition.
Author: Rives, James P.
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
Brian Dietz
Text encoded by
Caitlin R. Donnelly
First Edition, 2007
Size of electronic edition: ca. 12K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2007
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:
2007-02-15, Caitlin R. Donnelly finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: John Francis Speight Papers (#3914), Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from James P. Rives to Seth, September 8,
1867
Author: Jas P Rives
Description: 2 pages, 2 page images
Note:
Call number 3914 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
The text has been encoded using the recommendations for Level 5 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines.
Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
Page images can be viewed and compared in parallel with the text.
Any hyphens occurring in line breaks have been removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined to the preceding line.
All quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed as entity references.
All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as ".
All single right and left quotation marks are encoded as '.
All em dashes are encoded as —.
Indentation in lines has not been preserved.
For more information about transcription and other editorial decisions, see the section Editorial Practices.
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Chapel Hill N C
Sept 8 1867
Sept 8 1867
Dear Seth
Your letter came to hand a few days ago, and I have delayed answering it much
longer than I ought to have done, but I think I can clear myself if you will
only listen to reason. One reason is that I have to study so hard that I don't
have time in the week, and another is that I thought you would like to hear from
the base ball match game, which came off Yesterday (Saturday the 7th Sept).
I will endeavor to give you a brief account of the game. The game was fought with
the 'Crescent'
club of Raleigh.
Our club (ie first-nine) fell in rank with bats on the shoulder and march out to
meet our opponents where we found them waiting. We then marched out on the
field, side by side, where the Captains tossed for the inns. and our Captain got
the inns. The first man to the was Hargrave who made a very good strike reaching the first base. Next
Rives to the bat; the very first ball the pitcher threw I made a very
good strike and also reached the first base. It would occupy too much time and
labor to go into every particular. It sufficeth to say that Our boys beat them
by a score of 54 runs to 36.
The sum total of the (University) club was 54 runs, 16 Fly
catches, 3 Home runs, and 27 outs. The sum
Page [2]
total
of the Crescent
club was 36 runs, 6 Fly catches, no home runs and 27 outs.
Page [2]
I made the best score on either side.
Seth how do you
like the idea of your sweetheart going to Salem. Dick
Lewis says he is almost dead he is so much in love with her. He is
going to send her a book. You must look out. You have three or four Rivals,
George, John & Dick. I tell you what if you dont
mind you will have a hard road to travel. I hope you will be successful. I hope
you may always be guided by my best wishes. Write soon to your friend.
Jas P Rives