A handwritten, one-page letter from A. Robertson to Charles Alston in which he promises to send the receipt for a $3,000 sale once Miss Wilson's signature is obtained.
Alexander Glennie's daily journal from 1842 until 1852, in which he recorded the Georgetown plantations he visited and the marriages, funerals, and regulars services that he performed in All Saints Parish as rector of the church. He mentions the names of people from both the white and enslaved communities in the parish. In addition, he includes details about his trips to places like Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, and Liverpool, England. He also records his own illnesses.
A handwritten, two-page letter from Baily & Kitchen to Charles Alston in which they provide a bill for Alston's order of various items including silver bottles, a silver pitcher, salt spoons, sugar tongs, and a cafetiere, totaling $387.38. They mention that the silver pitcher won the Silver Medal at the Franklin Institute Exhibition.
A handwritten copy of Joseph Allston's will in which he divides his land, property, and those he enslaved among his wife, Charlotte Allston, his two sons, Thomas and William Allston, and his grandson, Joseph Allston Many enslaved people are listed by name