Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., March 18, 1800

Title:

Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., March 18, 1800

Date:

1800

Creator (Personal):

Ball, John Sr., 1760-1817

Description:

A letter from John Ball at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts on Captain Tilden still missing, Jane Ball's painful fingers, the advice from doctors to cut off her fingers and her fears of "the amputating knife," the poor health of Uncle Bryan, and an update on John's brothers.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Harvard College (1780- ), Ball family

Topical Subject:

Wounds and injuries, Plantations--South Carolina, Health, Education, Letters, Amputation, Pain, Letter writing, Universities and colleges, College students, Missing persons

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina, Cambridge (Mass.)

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516-12 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-08

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. 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:

290566