A letter from John Ball at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing John Ball Jr.'s poor health, education, and travel.
A letter from John Ball Sr. at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing John's improved health, sending the enslaved man Nat to Boston assist John, the weather, and the rice crops.
A letter from John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing travel, finances, the family's rice crop, Jane Ball's health, and sending the enslaved man Nat to Boston to assist John Ball Jr.
A letter from John Ball Sr. at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing money, family matters, a comparison of education between England and America, morals and principles, and sending the enslaved man Nat to Boston to assist John Ball Jr.
A letter from John Ball Sr. at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing travel, sending the enslaved man Nat to Boston to assist John Ball Jr., and Jane Ball's health.
A bill of sale for nine enslaved persons from executor Robert Guerin to Elias Ball III for $5,040.60. The names of the enslaved persons are Pompey, Robin, Harry, Will, Stephen, Dido, Judy and two children Peter and Dolly.
A letter from John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing Jane Ball's health, family matters, travel, a drought and fears of famine, John's education, the election of Mr. Parker as assistant at St. Phillip's Church, Charleston politics, and the publication of "malicious" content. The letter ends discussing an outbreak of small pox and measles.
