Letter from Pauline Southern (Barnwell) to Vida describing a trip to Lusk, County Dublin, to view the medieval tomb of ancestor Christopher Barnewall. Enclosed are three photographs of the church containing his remains. September 1, 1965.
Letter from Dora Liersch-Karthaus, Dresden, East Germany, to Vida Chissolm (Chisholm), Savannah, GA. Liersch-Karthaus asks Chissolm, a European traveling companion many years previous, for coffee, boots and other supplies she cannot afford or obtain herself. December 11, 1950.
Contemporary account of the Battle of Fort Moultrie as it appeared in the South Carolina and American General Gazette, August 2, 1776. Reprinted in the Charleston Evening Post June 28, 1926, with an introduction by J. H. Easterby.
Newspaper account from The Meteor, "The Colonial Dames Supplement to the News and Courier", concerning Barnwell ancestor John Barnwell and events during the Tuscarora War in 1711-1712. April 6, 1895.
John Singleton Barnwell writes to grandmother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, about losing weight and his health in general and his infrequent contact with his uncles despite the fact that several work nearby. February 24, 1880.
Typed copy of a narrative concerning the harassment of the Gregorie family at Myrtle Grove plantation near Mt. Pleasant, SC, 1866. Gregorie details the destruction of personal property and crops, the wounding of his daughter and his battle for compensation for the damages inflicted upon his farm and family by African American troops after the war. 1879.