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Davidson Col. N.C. June 26
Dear Sister,
It has been some time now since I received your letter, & I have neglected to answer it until the present time, it is always a great treat to me to receive a letter from home they come so rarely, I was very much pleased with the letter which you wrote me, if you would write often you might write well, it is pleasing to know that you are all getting on well at home, I suppose home will be almost like a strange place when I return There will be so many changes it will be but a very short time now until I shall see you all, & I assure you it will
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be a joyful time to when Comencement is over, & I shall see the blue tops of the Mountain again, it is a very short time ‘til Commencemet now our examination will comince the 9th of July Commencement will be on the 11th & 12th. It will be a very interesting time, we shall have a fine party at Commencement, given by the students. I will enclose you a ticket to the party in this letter. There has been some sickness about here this summer; one of the students died, the day before yesterday, all the students are wearing mourning; he was a classmate & particular friend of mine. his disease was typhoid fever, his father, brother, & sister came in time to see him die. Several of the other students have been sick, among others my old
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roommate, some of the students are leaving through fear of the fever, As for myself I am in very good health & spirits. It is getting very warm down here, & I am becoming very anxious to get away, I must now close this letter, as I have not learned my lesson yet. I have not received a letter from home in three weeks or more, I wrote so long ago, & am veey anxious to hear. I will write to pa enclosing it in this letter Give my love to Mamma Tid & John & my respects to all my friends please excuse this writing if you can read it.
Your affectionate brother,
J. L. Greenlee
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From: DC0115s, Greenlee, James Logan, 1840-1862 (1863) Letters, 1859-1862 (Finding Aid)
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Greenlee, James Logan, Letter to Sister, 26 June 1860. DC0115s, Greenlee, James Logan, 1840-1862 (1863) Letters, 1859-1862. Available: https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/archives/digital-collections/james-l-greenlee-letter-june-transcript/.
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