Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, June 10, 1862
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- Title:
- Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, June 10, 1862
- Date:
- 1862
- Creator (Personal):
- Alston, Emma, 1803-1889
- Description:
- A handwritten, four-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she writes of her efforts to find an affordable house in Greenville. She also discusses the Civil War and rumors of enslaved people escaping plantations. Attached to this letter is a note that further specifies houses available to purchase.
- Collection Title:
- Edmondston-Alston Family Letters and Paper Materials, 1782-1919
- Contributing Institution:
- Middleton Place Foundation
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Series:
- Edmondston-Alston House Museum Collections
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Smith, Eliza Carolina Middleton Huger, 1824-1919
Hayne, Arthur Peronneau, 1790-1867 - Topical Subject:
- Slavery, Plantations, and Enslaved persons
- Geographic Subject:
- Greenville (S.C.) and United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
- S.C. County:
- Greenville County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- EAH Box 1
- Date Digital:
- 2023
- Digitization Specifications:
- 400 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, contact the Middleton Place Foundation, 4300 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414.
- Admin ID:
- 295474
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