Letter from Kensington Plantation Overseer James Coward to John Ball, October 18, 1833

Title:

Letter from Kensington Plantation Overseer James Coward to John Ball, October 18, 1833

Date:

1833

Creator (Personal):

Coward, James

Description:

A letter from Kensington Plantation overseer James Coward to John Ball in Charleston on discharging Daniel, sending Pompy off with an allowance, the potato and rice crops, the recovering health of sick children, and construction of a bank fence at Midway Plantation.

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, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Rice, Health, Letters, Fences, Potatoes, Crops, Plantation overseers, Building, Sick, Letter writing, Enslaved persons, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

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

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516A-34B (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:

291015