Letter from Kensington Plantation Overseer James Coward to John Ball, April 16, 1830

Title:

Letter from Kensington Plantation Overseer James Coward to John Ball, April 16, 1830

Date:

1830

Creator (Personal):

Coward, James

Description:

A letter from Kensington Plantation overseer James Coward to John Ball at Comingtee Plantation discussing a medical visit from a doctor for an enslaved woman, a possible case of typhus, a situation with Old Marcus and a shipment of supplies.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ball family

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Typhoid fever, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Shipping, Physicians, Health, Letters, Plantation overseers, Sick, Letter writing, Enslaved women, and Enslaved persons

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina, Kensington Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.), and Comingtee Plantation (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516A-34 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-07

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:

290979