A letter from John Ball in Newport, Rhode Island to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing the families arrival to Newport.
A letter from John Ball in Newport, Rhode Island to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing seeing John and the family's health.
A letter from John Ball in Newport, Rhode Island to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing the poor health of Jane Ball, Doctor Warrens lecture on anatomy, the opinion that planters need "to acquire some knowledge of physics or the principles of humanity to afford some assistance to his negroes."
A letter from John Ball in Charleston, South Carolina to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing Jane Ball's health, Isaac and William Ball, Governor Drayton's speech, the selling of cotton and rice, and visiting two print shops.
A letter from John Ball in Newport, Rhode Island to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing John's admission into the senior class and his health, the poor health of Jane Ball, Mr. Simons suffering from Sciatica, and the rice and corn crop. The letter ends stating that James Simons has "now gone quite insane."
Latin Inscription and Translation of Charles Louis (Lewis) D'Arsac de Ternay's Memorial in Newport, Rhode Island. The inscription identifies him as a "knight of the holy order of Jerusalem," a descendant of the Americans, an admiral of the kings fleet and his experiences during the Seven Year's War and the American Revolution.
A diagram of the "Plain Scale." The horizontal axis is labeled "inclinations of meridians" and vertical axis is labeled hours. Various geometric shapes and lines such as chord, rhombus, tangents, secants, semi tangents, longitudes, and latitudes are drawn within the "plain."
A letter from John Ball in Charleston, South Carolina to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing John's absence from school due to sickness, a gathering of people at the "May day frolic," a lawsuit between B.P. Williams and Uncle Coming's estate and Mrs. Edward's daughter Kitty dying. The letter goes on to discuss Aunt Waring's enslaved man Allick murdering Polly Smith's carpenter Tom resulting in the execution of Allick. Makes notation that Allick also confessed to trying to poison Aunt Waring five times and "is one of the strongest instances that has come under my knowledge of the impropriety of too much indulgence to slaves." The letter ends discussing how Aunt Waring had hanged one of her enslaved persons years ago for robbing a wagon.
A letter from John Ball in Newport, Rhode Island to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing money for John's schooling, and the poor health of Jane Ball sick with a boil on her head, fever and weakness.
