A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing enslaved runaways in the neighborhood, putting together a patrol of overseers and the enslaved persons Scipio and Ned to find these supposedly armed runaways. The letter goes on stating that the runaway named Morris tried to kill Scipio with a sword and the other runaway named Adam had a gun. Finklea ends with the death of the enslaved woman Amey and the poor health of various enslaved persons, that Morris was shot and injured and an inventory of cattle.
A four-page letter from Edward Rutledge to "my dear Tom" [Thomas Pinckney?] that discusses a number of matters, including strategic matters relating to Beaufort and surrounding areas, damage to Beaufort inflicted by British troops, Rutledge's temporary illness, and political matters relating to the South Carolina General Assembly and Privy Council.
A four-page letter from Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens discussing a number of matters, including Nathanael Greene's movements in North Carolina, Benedict Arnold's departure from Richmond, Virginia, and a motion to be introduced by General Philip Schuyler to finally form a "solid confederation" of states in order to secure resources for the war. The postscript at the bottom of the last page informs Laurens that Maryland has finally ratified the Articles of Confederation. Pages are torn and discolored on the sides.
Copy of a letter sent by General William Moultrie at Christ Church Parish (S.C.) to Lieutenant Colonel Nisbet Balfour concerning the British Army's sending of Continental soldiers on prisoner ships, which Moultrie argues is a breach of the articles of capitulation negotiated before the surrender of Charleston. The last page contains a copy of a letter reporting Balfour's verbal reply.
A two-page letter from John Forbes in London, England, to Luke Gardiner in Dublin, Ireland, in which Forbes discusses Lord Cornwallis and General Clinton’s “small disappointment before Charles Town.”
A three-page letter from Edward Rutledge to Arthur Middleton discussing a number of matters, including the views of Governor Mathews on sequestered estates, the wellbeing of Middleton's family, acquaintances who were taken prisoner by the British, and the "protection gentry" of South Carolina who are reluctant to serve their country.
A two-page letter from Christopher Gadsden to Major General Charles Lee informing Lee that he and a detachment of troops from his regiment have landed at Lighthouse Island and taken possession of the lighthouse. Gadsden also reports on some British warships nearby.
