A letter from a member of the Simons family in Charleston to Isaac Ball at Quinby Plantation discussing the enslaved person Scipio and a horse cargo traveling with items, militia duty, the rice market, business, and the "happy days of our boyhood."
A sale of 103 enslaved persons owned by William Conway, declared by the high court of Chancery of the Kingdom of Great Britain to be a "lunatic." All enslaved persons, cattle, sheep, and land were sold to Charles William Rogers from Commissioner Benjamin H. Buckner for $6,000.
A letter from Ann Ball at Lewisfield Plantation to her parents John Ball Jr. and Ann Simons Ball discussing her sister Jane's headaches and her little brother Keating.
A letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to her sister Elizabeth Gilchrist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discussing the Denmark Vesey trial, money and business.
A list of 145 enslaved persons divided by Friendfield and Point Plantation as well as adults, children and house people. The list, created for tax purposes, details which enslaved persons received clothes, blankets and shoes as well as jobs of specific enslaved persons. Makes notations that the enslaved person Minta was dead and that Washington was killed in a storm.
A list of 145 enslaved persons from Point and Friendfield Plantations. The list, created for tax purposes, is divided between the enslaved persons who received clothes as well as a separate list of enslaved children. Makes notations on specific jobs of enslaved persons.
A list, created for tax purposes, of clothes given to 151 enslaved persons at Point and Friendfield Plantation. Makes notations on specific jobs of enslaved persons and those who are dead.
A list of 151 enslaved persons from Point and Friendfield Plantations. The list, created for tax purposes, is divided between the enslaved persons who received clothes, shirts and blankets as well as a separate list of enslaved children. Makes notations on specific jobs of enslaved persons and those who are dead.
A list of 157 enslaved persons divided by Friendfield and Point Plantation as well as adults, children and house people. The list, created for tax purposes, details which enslaved persons received clothes, blankets and shoes as well as jobs of specific enslaved persons.
A letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to her sister Elizabeth Gilchrist in Germantown, Pennsylvania discussing health, religion and the Denmark Vesey trial. Details include the notation, "on the case of the poor blacks who I fear are in the community at large" and "that wretched Vesey." Also references executions include the hanging of "Gullah Jack" or "creature" known for his superstitions. Makes notation "Mrs. Martin's negroes" attacking with firearms.
