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Primary document
Title:
Letter from William Lord DeRosset to his father, Armand John
DeRosset, Jr., March 3, 1851 : Electronic Edition.
Author: DeRosset, William Lord
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
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:
2007-05-15, Caitlin R. Donnelly finished TEI/XML encoding.
Source(s):
Title of collection: DeRosset Family Papers (#214), Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Letter from William Lord DeRosset to his father,
Armand John DeRosset, Jr., March 3, 1851
Author: Wm. Lord DeRosset
Description: 3 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 214 (Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Editorial practices
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Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved.
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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.
Page [1]
Chapel Hill
March 3d
1851.
March 3d
1851.
My dear Father
Your letter was received on last Thursday morning; but I deferred answering it
till to day so that I could write to Grandpa. I have heard nothing more of the Indictment since I last
wrote.
I suppose from the way you wrote that you suspected something about my having
some connexion with that riot; but I can assure you my dear Father, that I had nothing to do with it. 'Tis true I was present for a
minute or so while it was going on, but I went out once where they were in order
to get to my room from the room that they were rocking, & in which I
was where they began. I did not care about risking my life in there So I told
them from the window to stop until I jumped out, they did so & I went
straight to
Page [2]
my room for I was undressed. After
that one of the crowd (I dont remember who) came into my room and got my candle,
& took it out, & after a little while I went out to get it,
& by that time they had stopped, & I waited there to hear them
talk to some of the Students who came out to try & Stop them,
& when they all went away (which was about fifteen minutes after); I
went to my room, & went to bed. I suppose you thought I meant by
saying, "that nothing could be proved against me" that I did
something but no witnesses could be got who could testify against me. But I did
not mean it in that way.
Page [2]
I dont think you need be apprehensive about my standing this session; for I think
I stand better than I have previously. Twenty five dollars ($25.) more
will cover all of my expenses this Session. I have written two or three letters
to Lossie & Alice since I have received one
from either of them. I have not heard in three weeks. Eleven men were sent off
last week. Ten dismissed for engaging in a "Calathumpian
Serenade," & Dav.
Cowan I am sorry to tell you suspended three
Page [3]
weeks for being found intoxicated. Out of the ten who were
dismissed the Faculty will not hear the petition of but one this Session, eight
will be allowed to return next Session & one will not be taken back at
all. I dont think you know any of them or I would mention them. Give my love to
all of Grandpa's family,
& Grandma's,
& Ma and all of my
dear brothers & Sisters & believe me ever
Page [3]
Your most affectionate Son
Wm. Lord DeRosset