This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of The South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for the year 1792. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corns, and potatoes), the maintenance of ditches and drains, slave records, complications with the hiring of an overseer, livestock, and business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation.
Copy of plat of 300 acres of land situated in Craven County on the north side of the Santee River bounding north east on Bennett's land and the other sides on vacant land. Names associated with this plat are Susannah Williams, Thomas Ferguson, Moses Bennett, and Benjamin [?]. Notable geographic locations include the Santee River, Craven County [now in parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, and Williamsburg counties], and Georgetown.
Petition of Jane Adamson to the St. Andrew's Society requesting assistance, explaining that she is unable to work. A postscript notes that the society gave Jane Adamson ten pounds.
Black-and-white engraving depicting scenes from the six days of creation. From The whole genuine and complete works of Flavius Josephus : the celebrated warlike, learned and authentic Jewish historian… by by George Henry Maynard, with illustrated with marginal references... by Edward Kimpton, published London: Printed for J. Cooke.