Collection: Sandy Island Plantation Journals/Almanacs, 1792-1798 / Date: 1798 - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Date:: 1798
Description:: This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of a South Carolina and Georgia almanac for the year 1798. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corn and potatoes), runaway slaves (including women and children), business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation, the hiring of Mrs. Taylor's bricklayers, illness, the weather, calculations, and the receipt of cypress planks from Plowden Weston.

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