Letter from fellow Charlestonian Aimee B. Stevens in Pendleton, SC, to Maria Heyward in Columbia. Aimee offers her condolences on the destruction of the Heyward's house in Charleston and inquires if she saved "all her silver." She writes about living with other families who had fled Charleston and the warm "welcome given by the hospitable inhabitants" of Pendleton. 4p. June 17, 1862.
A letter from John Ball at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing letter writing, fears that Captain Tilden is lost, snow in South Carolina, the price of wood, and that "Old Plenipi is dead."
Five colored photographs of No. 17 Colonial Street and neighboring structures: Top left (north elevation of No. 17 Colonial Street); Top right (front facade/west elevation of the neighboring structure at No. 19 Colonial Street); Middle left (front facade/west elevation of the neighboring structure at No. 15 Colonial Street); Middle right (front facade/west elevation of No. 17 Colonial Street); Bottom (south elevation of No. 17 Colonial Street). The photographs are taped to a beige sheet of paper with two holes punched through the top. The paper is labeled "17 Colonial #808-13-35." There is a white border surrounding all five photographs. The structure at No. 17 Colonial Street is a two-and-a-half story structure with white horizontal exterior paneling. The neighboring structure at No. 15 Colonial Street is also a two-and-a-half story structure with white horizontal exterior paneling. Where the front facade is flat on No. 17 Colonial Street, there is a bay window at No. 15 Colonial Street. The neighboring structure at No. 19 Colonial Street is a three story Shingle style structure with a gambrel roof and dormer windows. The exterior siding consists of blue shingles on the third and second stories. The first story has white horizontal exterior paneling and a covered porch spanning the entire first story exterior.
A program for the Confirmation Services at KKBE. The program outlines the schedule for the service and also has a program pasted within for Confirmation Service at B'rith Sholim in Orangeburg, SC., from May 19th, 1918 led by Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin, and a newspaper clipping listing the confirments from the congregations.
A letter from Catherine Edwards to John Ball at Kensington Plantation requesting an explanation over the "ill will" directed towards her from the Balls upon her attempt at visiting.
A letter from John Ball Sr. at Kensington Plantation to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing the weather, Jane Ball's health, an outbreak of measles in Charleston and small pox at Midway Plantation, the inoculation of forty enslaved persons, a publication from Doctor Waterhouse on diseases, and the death of cattle due to a drought.
A letter from William Ball in Edinburgh, Scotland to his brother John Ball Jr. at Comingtee Plantation discussing their brother Isaac's relationship with Miss Conny, classes at university, joining the medical society, and a brief discussion on William's trip to the Scottish Highlands.
A letter from John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina to financial agent George Lockey discussing money for his son William at University of Edinburgh, the belief that war will break out, John's brother suffering from a fever and a worm damaging the plantation crops.