A bill of sale between Ann Allston Tucker and Robert F.W. Allston for the enslaved woman Abby, the wife of Robert Allston's enslaved man Will, and their five children for $2,400. The names of the children are Caleb, Charlotte, Eliza, Sandy and Lambert.
A letter from Langdon Cheves Jr. to Pettigru & King discussing terms for Southfield Plantation. The letter includes the decision to divide enslaved persons into lots and "turned over" to Huger, Haskell and McCord.
A letter to Langdon Cheves Jr. from his sister Louisa McCord in Columbia, South Carolina discussing her resistance to purchasing more enslaved persons, the Dulles, family and finances.
A newspaper clipping advertising the sale of Southfield Plantation written by Langdon Cheves which includes that 170 enslaved persons live on the plantation, and it is "remarkably healthy for Negros."
