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Title:
Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, February 11, 1890: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Wright, Thomas Davenport, 1854-1901
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Funder:
Funding by the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.
Transcription Information:
Text transcribed by: Trudi Abel
Images scanned by: Digital Production Center
Text encoded by: Katherine M. Wisser
Transcription Edition:
Edition: First edition,
Date: 2006
Publication Information:
Publisher: Duke University Libraries
Date: 2006
Availability: ©This work is the property of the Duke University Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.
Source Information:
Title: Letter from Thomas D. Wright to Richard Harvey Wright, February 11, 1890
Author: Thomas D. Wright
Date: 18900211
Note: Richard Harvey Wright Papers, 1870-1952, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Note:
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Description and travel -- 19th century
Class: Duke family
Class: Correspondence
Class: Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham County
Class: Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill Company
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Class: Wright, Thomas Davenport, 1854-1901
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Description and travel -- 19th century
Duke family
Correspondence
Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Durham County
Durham Bobbin and Shuttle Mill Company
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Wright, Richard Harvey, 1851-1929
Wright, Thomas Davenport, 1854-1901
Durham (N.C.)
Colombo (Sri Lanka)

has succeedeed yet in making sale. Stokes is out of business, has quit buying tobacco entirely. he stays on his little farm all the time. I will get a coppy (Correction: copy) of our papers and mail you with this. The note as pr. your advice reached me all right and will go to bank this evening and try and have it disct. [discounted?] so as to pay old man Tilly. There will be a small ballance (Correction: balance), but this will ease him off and I can manage balance. I feel very grateful to you, for this favor, and shall feel under lasting obligations for this kindness, as well as numerous others, which I hope some day to be able to repay according to what you told me the shuttle mill would pay me, there is now about $600.00 due me, as I have tried to live close this year. This amt. is at your disposal on your return home, and anything else that I have, and if I am never able to repay you, I feel, that in the world to come that you will be rewarded

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