Collection: Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895 / Contributing Institution: South Carolina Historical Society / Subject (Geographic): South Carolina, Norwich (Vt.) - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Date:: 1823-08-18
Description:: A letter from Isaac Ball in Charleston to his brother Elias Ball in Norwich, Vermont discussing their shared disinterest in New York, thinking Elias Ball was enchanted by the New York harbor due to being from the "flat country," the loss and recovery of Elias Ball's trunk, a visit from John B. Laurens in which he proposed to Elias Ball's sister where she gave a "favorable though not determined answer." The letter goes on to discuss that Elias Ball's aunt has fallen back into her "mental derangement" and has been violent.

Date:: 1823-09-19
Description:: A letter from Isaac Ball in Charleston to his brother Elias Ball in Norwich, Vermont discussing Elias Ball attending a military academy to "improve your minds & morals." Makes notation of "Captain P" (most likely Captain Alden Patridge, founder of Norwich University). The letter goes on to discuss the "abolition society of Europe," and that "our northern brothers appear very anxious to set our slaves in commotion." Isaac Ball discusses the arrival of a "negro" from a British vessel and unable to gain "Habeas Corpus," was jailed until the vessel left and while onboard, attempted to run away from the captain and was brought back. The discussion goes on further stating that the northern states "send their free negroes as stewards and cooks" on board vessels and that the southern states, "take them up & put them in jail" where the numbers amount to sixty or seventy at the time of this letter.

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