A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing the death of Marcia due to "inflammation of the womb," the death of Elsey's child, the poor health of other enslaved persons, work on the rice crop, and a list of items sent by Bob and Sena.
A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing the corn crop, raising the riverbank, the poor health of numerous enslaved persons, the work of Scipio and Pompey with the cattle, the birth of two enslaved children from the enslaved women Belle and Elsey, the death of a sow from a snake bite, the "stoke negro houses," an inventory of cattle and the chimney getting struck by lightning.
