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D. College
May 9, 1859
Dear Pa:
I received your kind letter by this evening mail and lift my pen to night with the view of writing a few lines in reply. I still continue to enjoy very good health – there is very little sickness here at the present time – I know of but one case. Col. Leland has been pretty ill for about a week with some kind of Rheumatism by which he has disabled so much that he could not attend to his department, and I suppose, will not for several days to come as far as studying is concerned
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we have had a pretty easy time of it for a week in consequences of his illness, but I suppose we will only have to study tho harder when he gets well. Maj. Hill anticipates starting the last of this week to the General Assembly which convenes in Indiana, expecting to be absent about three weeks – This will cause another vacancy, and we will have more leisure, provided some of the other Professors don’t take his time.
Rev. Dr. Sparrow of Fla. came here last week on a visit to his brother and also on his way to the Gen. Assembly and has preached several sermons he is a splendid preacher – uses about as fine language as I ever heard.
You say you heard that Joe Thompson
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and myself expect to go down to the meeting at Steel Creek, and also that you want to know what the prospect is-. Well, in the first place I am at a loss to know how you heard that we intended going as I don’t think I ever wrote to any one that I had such an intention, and Joe says he didn’t. However it would afford me great pleasure to pay you a visit at that time, since you are looking for us, if we could accomplish it. But there are so many improbabilities about getting off that I hardly know whether to think of it nor not. The first and greatest obstacle is getting off from the faculty, another is getting a conveyance which is very difficult to do at this time. So you need hardly expect us at all. Good Luck and a happy life to Connor
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and I hope your health is such by this time that you will be able to attend the wedding. I will write, to my aunts as soon as I can. I will now close. Sending my love to you all.
Yours truly,
W.W. Robinson
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From: DC0123s. Robinson, William Wallace, 1835-1901 (1860) Letters, 1857-1864. (View Finding Aid)
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Robinson, W.W. Letter to Father. 9 May 1859. DC0123s. William Wallace Robinson Letters. Davidson College Archives, Davidson College, NC. Available: https://davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/archives/digital-collections/william-w-robinson-letter-9-may-1859/.
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