A handwritten, five-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she expresses her fear that enslaved people will escape immediately if Charles leaves their plantation. She also remarks on the gender imbalance present in Greenville during the war years.
A handwritten, four-page letter from Susan Alston to her father, Charles Alston, in which she describes life in Greenville during the Civil War and expresses her concerns regarding the Union Army's actions in South Carolina and Mississippi.
A handwritten, two-page letter from Susan Alston to her father, Charles Alston, in which she informs him of his ability to send enslaved people inland on the railroad for half-price, mentioning a specific person (Sancho) who she wants Charles to send to her. She also mentions a recent Civil War skirmish in South Carolina.
A handwritten, four-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she discusses her troubles finding affordable lodgings and food in Greenville, South Carolina. She also offers recommendations on the management of enslaved people such as Prince, Morris, Fred, old Molly, young Molly, Tenah, Jim, and Tony Ward.
A handwritten, two-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she discusses the order to send enslaved people to Charleston, urging Charles not to send any as they will escape to the Union Army.
A handwritten, three-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she discusses their upcoming move to Greenville or Pendleton, South Carolina, and expresses her concerns about the effects of the Civil War. She also focuses on the management of enslaved people such as Fred, Fred's wife, Ransom, and old Ben at the Alstons' plantations.
A handwritten, three-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she discusses the management of enslaved people at Beneventum plantation. She also briefly mentions reports of the military efforts of their sons, John Julius and Joseph, in the Civil War.
An estate inventory of Robert Pringle's plantations from October 19th, 1863, listing 128 names of enslaved people worth a total of $155,850. These names were divided into lots which were drawn by Charles Alston, William Bull Pringle, John Julius Pringle, and Elizabeth Pringle Smith.
In this eight-page, handwritten letter to his nephew Edwin Warren Moise (b. 1889), Warren Hubert Moise describes a collection of family documents, letters, and books that he refers to in later letters as "the papers." Hubert had seen these as a young man but reports they were lost years before.
