A message signed by J. McCrady confirming that enslaved persons owned by Robert F.W. Allston arrived for work at South Island Plantation. The names of the enslaved are Page, Handy, Charles, Joe, Jim, Snow, Sandy, Dick, Hardtimes and Prince.
A letter from Benjamin Allston writing about socializing with confederate dragoons, the names of those involved, dinner with General Walker's staff and reports of Union movements from a "negro spy." The letter also writes about a report in the newspaper discussing the brutal treatment of enslaved persons by the "Yankees" which the spy stated is common.
Mulberry Plantation Journal Volume Four was kept and written by John Boyle Milliken between 1860-1889. The journal includes accounts with plantation owners, tax returns, enslaved men, women and children, entries related to the planting of rice, various garden crops and other tasks performed by freedmen and women, visits to and from friends, church services and political views. Specific entries include discussions surrounding the shooting of President Andrew Garfield, the 1884 presidential election, earthquakes and hurricanes.
A letter to Woodward Manning from the Quartermaster's office ordering that any surplus of corn available is to be given to the army through purchase or impressment
A letter from William Ball at Limerick Plantation to his mother Eliza C. Ball discussing the birth of William Ball's daughter and Eliza Ball's first granddaughter and the timeline of Faith Ball giving birth. Makes notation on the presence of the enslaved women Masylla and Flora but not Harriet who was sick, and the baby having fingers made to learn how to play the piano "if war ends in time enough for her to learn." The rest of the letter goes on to discuss friends and family visiting the baby, the "negroes" in Charleston, the poor health of Frank, the myrtle berry pickers, and the weather.
