The letter states that Charlotte Manigault had planned to leave for Pendleton on April 9th, but she was taken sick with the fever. She will not leave until she feels better.
In this letter Charlotte Manigault writes that she has been waiting for Miss Henrietta Augusta Drayton for all of the winter and spring. She updates Henrietta on the state of family and friends.
"Plantation Book, Drayton Hall" describes the division of labor among slaves, crops grown, and provisions supplied to laborers, from January through June, 1844.
In this letter Charlotte Manigault states that on July 25th, Louisa, Ann, Mani, Ester Gibbes's aunt, Gabriel and Peter left for New York. Gabriel and Peter will travel to Saratoga Springs then proceed to Niagara and Boston. Louisa will go to Newport. Charlotte updates Ester on friend's and family's recent illnesses.
In this letter Charlotte Manigault and Anne Taylor update Henrietta Drayton on their daily lives, their recent move to Sullivan's Island, SC, Charlotte and her aunt's recent illness and the death of Mrs. Russell.