A letter from financial agent George Lockey in England to John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina discussing Lockey's and William James Ball's passage to England, the start of William's schooling, and a blockade in Europe.
A letter from Thomas Slater in Frenchay to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing the shipment of the European magazine, the death of Isaac Ball's daughter Eliza, the improving health of Thomas Slater's daughter Emma and financial accounts.
A letter from Thomas Slater in Bristol to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing European magazines, a coronation, a financial account, the production of crops, Isaac Ball's "father's widow" and the "steps" she has taken on account of the children, and potentially spending winter in Charleston.
A letter from Thomas Slater in Frenchay to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing the shipment of the European magazine, the death of John Moultrie, and the improving health of Thomas Slater's daughter Emma.
A letter from Thomas Slater in Frenchay to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing the shipment of European magazines, the "Brig Experiment Capt. Chapman," and the impending arrival of John Ball Jr. to England.
A letter from Thomas Slater in Bristol to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing a shipment of the European magazine, the crops in South Carolina and travel from Frenchay to Bristol.
A letter from William Ball in Frenchay, England to his father John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina discussing William's arrival in England, the health of his cousin Eleanor, the death of his Royal Highness Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and news about an army of Austrians and Russians marching into France and Spain to reinstate the House of Bourbon.
A letter from Matthew Bryan to John Ball Jr. discussing his nephew Henry Bryan traveling to South Carolina, ideas of establishing a trade of goods, a request for blankets for enslaved persons , the cost of exporting "negro cloth," and details on the manufacturing business.
A letter from financial agent George Lockey in England to John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina on a watch that Ball ordered, William James Ball's expenses in Edinburgh, and the price of rice and cotton in England.
A copy of a letter from Thomas Slater in London to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing travel, a shipment of items sent to Isaac Ball, an order of rice, the warm weather in South Carolina, and Isaac Ball not having married yet.