Collection: Susan Pringle Alston’s Receipts, 1891-1921 / Contributing Institution: Middleton Place Foundation / Media Type: Manuscripts - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Collection Susan Pringle Alston’s Receipts, 1891-1921 ✖ Contributing Institution Middleton Place Foundation ✖ Media Type Manuscripts ✖

1. Letter from Edward Lewis & Son to Charles Alston, August 20, 1892

Letter from Edward Lewis & Son to Charles Alston, August 20, 1892

Date:: 1892-08-20
Description:: A one-page handwritten letter from Edward Lewis & Son to Charles Pringle Alston in which they agree to put up an iron pipe and wire fence with a brick foundation at 21 East Battery. They also agree to put up a wire fence with a wood frame.

2. Moses W. Adams Bill, 1892

Moses W. Adams Bill, 1892

Date:: 1892-08-13
Description:: A paid bill for services including "easing blinds, moving desk down stairs" and "putting two boards to fence and putting bottom in feedbox," totaling $3.40.

3. Letter from E. T. Viett to Susan Pringle Alston, March 2, 1909

Letter from E. T. Viett to Susan Pringle Alston, March 2, 1909

Date:: 1909-03-02
Description:: A one-page handwritten letter from E. T. Viett to Susan Alston in which he informs her that the marble monument that she ordered has been completed and came out very well. On the back, the number 237 is written.

4. Moses W. Adams Bill, 1911

Moses W. Adams Bill, 1911

Date:: 1911-07-21
Description:: Susan Alston's paid bill for services including putting up a fence and iron work on a gate done by Moses W. Adams, totaling $155.55.

5. Jacob A. Brown Bill, 1915

Jacob A. Brown Bill, 1915

Date:: 1915-10-16
Description:: Susan Alston's paid bill for various services done by Jacob A. Brown to the gate, windows, and a sofa at 21 East Battery, totaling $7.

6. Louis B. Middleton Bill, 1916

Louis B. Middleton Bill, 1916

Date:: 1916-08-14
Description:: A handwritten bill charged by Louis B. Middleton for materials and labor done to the kitchen and roof of Susan Alston's residence, totaling $12.25.

7. Louis B. Middleton Bill, 1917

Louis B. Middleton Bill, 1917

Date:: 1917-03-17
Description:: Susan Alston's itemized bill from Louis B. Middleton for materials, repair work, plastering, and white washing, totaling $22.50.

8. Letter from W. Aiken Rhett to Susan Alston, February 9, 1918

Letter from W. Aiken Rhett to Susan Alston, February 9, 1918

Date:: 1918-02-09
Description:: A one-page handwritten letter from W. Aiken Rhett, the Charleston City Assessor, to Susan Alston, in which he agrees to "make the return for this year the same as last."

9. L. B. Middleton Bill, 1918

L. B. Middleton Bill, 1918

Date:: 1918-06-03
Description:: Susan Alston's bill for work done on outer buildings by H.B. Middleton, totaling $17.

10. Letter from W. Aiken Rhett to Susan Alston, January 21, 1919

Letter from W. Aiken Rhett to Susan Alston, January 21, 1919

Date:: 1919-01-21
Description:: A one-page handwritten letter from W. Aiken Rhett, the Charleston City Assessor, to Susan Alston, in which he agrees to make her tax return "figures the same as last year."