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 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 Ann Ball to her husband John Ball discussing the abolishment of the Tuesday post, the trouble John Ball is having with planting, the poor health of Ann Ball's parents, the medical advice from a doctor and a visit from her brother Edward.
The Memo Book, 1821-1824, is a bound volume kept by or for a member of the Ball family. The volume lists crops at Hyde Park, Limerick, Jericho and Quinby Plantations as well as specifications for a rice mill at Limerick Plantation. Dried, pressed tree leaves are compressed throughout the blank pages. Also found within the volume are a list of enslaved persons given plough lines at various plantations. The names of the enslaved persons are Hercules, Jingo, Linus, Mathias, Mill Natt/Natt, Paul, Sam, Simon, Tim, Toby, Tom and Tycho.
A letter from Eleanor Ball Simons to her daughter Ann Ball in Charleston discussing the poor health of Jane, the different medicines given to her, remarks on Betsy and Nancy, bad news about Mr. Laurens, and the health of various family members.
A letter from Ann Ball to her husband John Ball discussing the weather, a visit from Elias Ball, the arrival of Isaac Ball's boat, visiting Maurice who was "indisposed," and that "Little Judith" is sick.
