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 letter from Thomas Slater in London to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing a tornado in South Carolina, crops, a shipment of rice, sending European magazines, and hopes that Isaac Ball's new wife has given birth to an heir for Limerick Plantation.
A letter from Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation to Thomas Slater in London discussing "matrimonial" matters, barrels of rice, a request for European magazines and Isaac Ball's marriage to his cousin Eliza G. Boyas.
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.
A letter from Thomas Slater in Frenchay to Isaac Ball at Limerick Plantation discussing European magazines, the death of Mr. Ball, Thomas Slater's son residing on a family estate, and information on the cotton and rice crops in South Carolina.
A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing a shipment of snake root and butter, the work of the enslaved persons with the rice crops, repairing the "negro houses," the work of Bristol and Marcus, a list of sick enslaved persons (mostly children), the birth of an enslaved child, and an inventory of cattle.
A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing how he found corn in the flats of the enslaved persons and that they "ought to be flogged," the rice crops and fields, the birth of an enslaved child, a list of sick enslaved persons, and an inventory of cattle.
A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing that he sent Elsie and Thomas down with butter, the birth of an enslaved child, the rice crops and fields, a list of sick enslaved persons, the work of Scipio and Bristol, Billey and Tom each having a sore hand and an inventory of cattle.
