A typed copy of Susan Alston's last will and testament in which she disperses her money, possessions, and Fairfield Plantation among her family, servants, and charitable institutions. She also directs her executor, Henry Augustus Middleton Smith, to sell her Charleston house, 21 East Battery, and to use half of the proceeds to set up the Charles Alston Endowment Fund at the Riverside Infirmary.
Charles Alston's $25,000 Confederate treasury note from February 29, 1864, which claims to be "redeemable five years after date" at a 6% annual interest rate.
A Confederate States of America five-dollar bill, which promises to pay the bearer "two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States." The bill features the image of Christopher Memminger and the Virginia state capitol building.
A Confederate States of America twenty five-cent bill, which promises to pay the holder "with four percent interest after thirty days' notice in Confederate Treasury Notes when presented in sums of five dollars." The bill features the image of a girl holding a flower.
A Confederate States of America fifty-cent bill, which promises to pay the bearer "six months after the ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America." The bill features the image of the side profile of a bust of Jefferson Davis.
Three United States Continental Currency bills worth forty, seven, and five dollars. Each bill "entitles the Bearer to receive" forty, seven, and five "Spanish milled Dollars, or the Value thereof in Gold or Silver." The bills feature images of the all-seeing eye above thirteen stars, a storm, and a hand in a thorn bush respectively. On the reverse, the bills feature images of a carrot leaf, a grape and sage leaf, and crossed willow leaves respectively.
A Confederate States of America one-hundred dollar bill which promises to pay the bearer "two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America." The bill features the images of Lucy Holcombe Pickens, George Wythe Randolph, and two soldiers.
A Confederate States of America twenty-dollar bill, which promises to pay the bearer "two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America." The bill features the image of Alexander Hamilton Stephens and the Tennessee state capitol building.
