Robert F.W. Allston Cashbook 1823-1843

Title:

Robert F.W. Allston Cashbook 1823-1843

Date:

1840

Creator (Personal):

Allston, Robert F. W. (Robert Francis Withers), 1801-1864

Description:

A cash book for Robert F.W. Allston for the years 1823-1843. The book includes account transactions conducted by Allston including payment of overseer wages, the hiring out of enslaved people, transportation, taxes, governesses, nurses, crops, sundries, and cloth distributed to slaves. This book also includes accounts between Allston and other individuals including the Estate of Charlotte A. Allston (primarily for the purchases of blankets, shoes, and cloth for enslaved people) and an account with Mary P. Jones. The last several pages of the book contain cash ledgers. Allston explicitly notes accounting related to Matanza Plantation, later known as Chicora Wood. Other account records do not explicitly state plantation sites.

Collection Title:

Robert F. W. Allston papers, 1817-1868

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Allston, Robert F. W. (Robert Francis Withers), 1801-1864

Topical Subject:

Slavery, Slave records, Account books, Plantation life, Taxation, Blankets, Textile fabrics, and Plantation overseers

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.), Columbia (S.C.), Georgetown (S.C.), Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.), Cheraw (S.C.), Marion (S.C.), and Pee Dee River (N.C. and S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

1164.12.4.11

Date Digital:

2019-06-26

Digitization Specifications:

400 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Bookeye 4 Basic. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information and re-use requirements contact the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, 29401.

Admin ID:

245940