Signature of Edward Braddock (1695-1755), British commander of troops in North American, who lost his life in the French and Indian war, pasted on a sheet of biographical information.
A letter (1756) referencing the recruitment of Indians as troops, written by William Shirley (1694-1771), who served as the Governor of Massachusetts and a commander, after Braddock, of British troops in the French and Indian War.
Receipt book kept by Eliza L. Pinckney includes formulas for making medicines to treat croup, fever, dropsy, and other conditions; recipes for cheese cake, puddings, currant wine, orange marmalade, jelly, oyster soup, and other foods; instructions for preparing meats and rice, and preserving and pickling foods; and a formula "To make the hair grow."
A list of enslaved children born between 1758-1763. Information includes the name of the enslaved child, their date of birth and occasionally, the name of their mother and father.
A letter from a man seeking financial aid from the St. Andrew's Society based on his destitution, lack of home, and being new to Charleston. The letter makes note of correspondence being lost which was meant to be sent to the St. Andrew's Society on behalf of the petitioner.
A letter from a woman who is seeking financial aid from the St. Andrew's Society after her husband died and then her daughter died, leaving her with a granddaughter to care for.
Petition of Hugh Rose to the St. Andrew's Society requesting assistance, claiming that he is destitute after his sizeable crops were stolen by enslaved Africans and destroyed by bears.
Petition of Jeane McIntosh to the St. Andrew's Society requesting assistance from the St. Andrew's society, explaining that her husband is bankrupt and she is unable to care for her child.
Letter petitioning the Saint Andrew's Society on behalf of an impoverished and twice widowed woman, Elizabeth Russel, and her surviving child. The letter states her husband and some of her children died when an enslaved woman, owned by the family, poisoned them as well as herself. Russel and one of her children lived despite also being poisoned.
