1. Letter from Elias Ball III to his Brother Isaac Ball, November 19, 1775 Date: 1775-11-19 Description: A letter from Elias Ball III in Charleston, South Carolina to his brother Isaac at Kensington Plantation on receiving money from Keating Simons, notations regarding 1,500 to 2,000 men from the "back country", and the closing of stores in Charleston.