Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, July 15, 1862
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- Title:
- Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, July 15, 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 describes the situation at their new farm in Greenville, including the growing prices and scarcity of food. Throughout the letter, she mentions the work done by enslaved people such as Tom, Winnie, and Toby.
- 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
- Topical Subject:
- Slavery, Enslaved persons, and Inflation (Finance)
- 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:
- 295495
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