A letter from Charleston discussing John Ball's qualifications for any Universities in England. These qualifications include John's "proper" behavior, and reading Virgil, Horace, and the Gospels of the Greek Testaments.
A letter from Col. R. McKelvey to John Ball on General Washington "accepting his appointment under Congress" and John Ball's promotion to Major of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Regiment. Also included is a letter from John Ball discussing his promotion and an election for an ensign.
This document is a court case discussing a law suit to recover wages brought by Lydia Witten, a midwife who delivered the child of a slave women (referenced as "negro woman") without the consent of her master.
A list of ninety-one enslaved persons owned by John Ball. The reverse side of the document contains lists of enslaved persons above fifty years old and under the age of twelve.
These documents are financial accounts detailing the sale of a group of sixty-one enslaved people and their buyers, referenced as "negroes" who are named in the document as well as lands owned by the estate of Thomas Farr.
A twenty pound note dated March 6, 1776 and signed by Thomas Middleton, John Neufville, Thomas Corbett, Gideon Dupont, and one unknown signee. The colonial currency is marked No. 9148. It bears a seal with two hands shaking behind which are two small crossed branches. Below the image is printed 1775, and above the image is printed in Latin "FIDES PUBLICA," which translates to "public faith/trust."
1770-1779, 1780-1789, 1760-1769, 1740-1749, and 1750-1759
Description:
The Isaac Hayne Journal contains information on births, ages, deaths, marriages, memorandums, information on breeding horses, ages of enslaved men, women and children and bills of scantling. The entries on ages contain an alphabetical listing of individuals and their birth dates and entries on slaves include births, deaths and occasional notes concerning the sale of slaves as well as runaway slaves. The journal also includes notes on plantation management such as the issuing of blankets and the work of overseers, plowmen, housekeepers, and others.
