The Robert F.W. Allston 1860 Almanac is a Miller's Planters' and Merchants Almanac for the year 1860 repurposed as a journal. Personal entries include account pages for bushels of rice, a list of enslaved men, women and children who were born and died at Chicora Wood Plantation, the purchase of enslaved people, a presentation of a billiard table to the Lunatic Asylum, a meeting with Laymen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and work on the Georgetown Railroad.
This letter is the second installment of John R. Beaty’s account to his friend, Dr. James H. Norman, in which Beaty gives a colorful description of a trip to the upstate resort of Williamston Spring, South Carolina. This letter describes his arrival in Williamston, South Carolina by way of train from Columbia, South Carolina and then colorfully describes a day at Williamston. The letter was written in August, 1860.
This letter, dated August 18, 1860 by John R. Beaty to Dr. James H. Norman, is the first of three letters in which Beaty gives a colorful description of a trip to the upstate resort of Williamston Spring, South Carolina. This letter describes the first leg of the trip from Conwayborough (Conway, South Carolina) to Fair Bluff, North Carolina where he boards a train for the second leg of the trip to Columbia, South Carolina and then on to Williamston Spring.
This letter is the third installment of John R. Beaty’s account to his friend, Dr. James H. Norman, in which Beaty gives a colorful description of a trip to the upstate resort of Williamston Spring, South Carolina. This letter gives a colorful description of a Ball in Williamston Spring, South Carolina. The letter was written in August, 1860.
A handwritten, one-page letter from James Simons to John Julius Alston in which he requests to see him to discuss an upcoming offer from the Washington Light Infantry.
Terms for the hiring of enslaved persons owned by the children of John Gooch. Terms include enslaved persons "not to be taken out of the state," "required to furnish two suits of cloths, one of cotton and the other mixed with wool," and to hire a physician if an enslaved person becomes sick.
A handwritten, one-page letter from James Simons to John Julius Alston in which he requests that John Julius find out which "members of the staff" will travel to Black Oak, a church in Berkeley County, South Carolina, and what arrangements need to be made for the journey.
A handwritten, one-page letter from James Simons to John Julius Alston in which Simons appoints him as his Aide-de-Camp, ranking Alston as Captain of the fourth Brigade Infantry.
