Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, June 18, 1862

Title:

Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, June 18, 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 laments her experience house-hunting in Greenville, South Carolina, amid wartime inflation. She also worries for the situation of Charleston following a battle on James Island and advises on the management of enslaved people such as Tom Gibbs.

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

Topical Subject:

Slavery, Enslaved persons, Inflation (Finance), and Secessionville, Battle of, Secessionville, S.C., 1862

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:

295478