Letter from William Manigault Heyward to his mother. Heyward mentions a drought that has severely hurt his rice crop and writes about hunting, fishing and daily rides with his wife Susan. 4p. June 20th, 1816.
A newspaper clipping on articles of agreement for a plantation overseer "from an old Virginia Paper." The agreement includes that the overseer is not "the master" of the employer, is not to spend more than one half of his time at "court-houses or elsewhere, or on pleasure, at horse-races, cock-fights, barbecues," and is given one-tenth of the plantation crops.
The Coffin Work and Inventory journal is an account of the enslaved people and carpenters as well as an inventory of supplies and their suppliers that were bought for Coffin Point Plantation. The pages of this journal are not in order. The enslaved women are listed as: Affey, Bella, Betty, Binah, Chloe, Cynder, Deborah, Diana, Elsy, Hagar, Jenny, Leah, Maria, Mariann, Miley, Milley, Minna, Minty, Nanny, Nelly, Old Binah, Patra, Peg, Philis, Phoebe, Sarah, Sue, Sukey, Susy, Sylva, Tamer, Tinah. The enslaved men are listed as: Bias, Bristol, Butcher, Caesar, Davy, Dick, Edmund, Frank, George, Hercules, Isaac, Ishmeal, January, Jenny, Jim, Long Caesar, Mingo, Monday, Nat, Ned, Old Toney, Peter, Rodwell, Sam, Sampson, Simon, Toby, Toney, Will.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a rabbi with tallit (prayer shawl) and tefillin (phylacteries). Frontispiece to Modern Judaism : or, A brief account of the opinions, traditions, rites, and ceremonies of the Jews in modern times by John Allen, published London: Printed for T. Hamilton, and Oliphant, Waugh and Innes.
