A handwritten, three-page letter from Elizabeth Deas Allston to Henry Augustus Middleton Smith in which she corresponds about her inheritance of $10,000 and how best to invest it. She also describes her recent time at the family plantations in Georgetown, Fairfield and Chicora. Also, she mentions the book A Woman Rice Planter by her relative Elizabeth Allston Pringle.
A handwritten, two-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she describes life at their new farm in Greenville. She recounts the food and supplies that they have bought and requests that Charles brings various objects from their plantations.
A one-page typed letter from Henry Augustus Middleton Smith to his cousin, Susan Alston, in which he tells her that he is enclosing two receipts from the Charleston City Sheriff and the Charleston City Treasurer for her payment of the street construction tax. These receipts are included, totaling $28.96 and $57.80 respectively. Smith also mentions that these receipts are under the name of Susan's deceased father, Charles Alston, Senior, and that he intends to rectify that mistake.
Susan Alston's 1916-17 insurance policy for 21 East Battery, which values the building and its contents at $12,000, insured by a $40.80 premium. This also includes a letter from Henry Augustus Middleton Smith to his cousin Susan Alston explaining the details of the policy and Susan Alston's paid bill to F.M. Robertson Insurance Company.
A handwritten, four-page letter from Mary B. Huger to Susan Alston in which she updates Susan on the health of family members and her own situation, including travel and illness.
A handwritten sale of 600 acres of a plantation on the east side of the Waccamaw River and all of the buildings on it from Samuel Masters to Thomas Pagitt for 700 pounds This land was granted to Samuel Masters by the Lords Proprietors in 1711
