The first side of this document is a brief entry concerning "the business of the faithful legislator." The reverse side of the document contains a formula for making pills for "glandular obstructions."
Loose pages from "A Peep into the Past" which was also published in The Evening News in 1852. These pages discuss Sally Brailsford, the granddaughter of Madame Brailsford and niece of Mr. Waring. Topics include her admirer, the family's property occupied by squatters, a brief history of Col. William Scott, the Waring family's genealogy traced back to 1067, "the era of the conquest," a letter to William Waring from Thomas Waring of Kilkenny dated 16th of April 1725 on Waring genealogy, and history of the Brailsford family.
The Peter Gaillard Jr. Plantation Journal (1825-1851) is a bound volume written by Peter Gaillard Jr. and other members of the Gaillard family for Rocks Plantation. The volume consists of names of the enslaved people on the property as well as registers of births and deaths, statements and financial accounts related to the farming and selling of cotton as well as tax returns for the estate of S. Gaillard.
