Letter from Joseph Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, July 13, 1865

Title:

Letter from Joseph Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, July 13, 1865

Date:

1865

Creator (Personal):

Alston, Joseph, 1828-1897

Description:

A handwritten, four-page letter from Joseph Alston to his father, Charles Alston, in which he describes his efforts to manage the newly freed people at their plantations and rent out the Alstons' store following the Civil War.

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:

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Typhoid fever, Plantations, and Freed persons

S.C. County:

Georgetown County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

EAH Box 1B

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:

295752