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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)

out of certain kinds of stock, and can not control funds enough to buy it, and I fear the season for cutting timber will be over before we get any, and we will then be in a bad fix for running the next twelve months. In fact, if I were in your place and that of all the stock holders, unless something could be done to get in a good supply of timber, I would close the mill down. This way trying to run the mill from hand to mouth will alway[s] be run at a loss, as long as we are in this condition it is folly to tackle the big mills who give large orders as it would be impossible to fill them promptly. We have had all we could do since you left but orders are a little short now. Had inquiry from Lynchburg Mills few days sinde for 30 M bobbins. We made them price, and they sent sample and spindles, and ordered a small lot as sample. Think we will that that order. We finished up a $1200.00 order for a mill in S.C. a few weeks since. Sometimes I feel like if the mill

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