This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of the South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for the year 1797. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corn and potatoes), slave records (including runaway slaves), accounts, the weather, and business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation.
Partial manuscript copy of "The Presidency" written by Isaac Harby. "The Presidency" discusses Harby's thoughts on politics, opinions surrounding John Quincy Adams, war, dividing the states, democracy, and the 1824 election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
Letter from Sarah, in Charleston, to her mother at Hopeton. She discusses the weather, the state of the house and her mother's things, and the health of their family.
An accounting of a women petitioning St. Andrew's Society on behalf of her husband for a land grant of 400 acres. The accounting includes three men noting their recommendations she be granted the land and certifying her story.
Letter from Sherry Martschink to Voters on Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island, thanking those " who took the time to vote in last Tuesday's election."
A note from B. D. Heriot passing on an extract from a letter referencing the Sumter, South Carolina Temperance Society, with a mention of Reverend Samuel Gilman.
Handwritten letter from Naomi Barrett Brockington to Russell Brown, Attorney, regarding the property of her brother, Reginald C. Barrett Sr., and the mistrust of his son, Reginald C. Barrett Jr.
Handwritten letter from Naomi Barrett Brockington to Russell Brown, Attorney, regarding the property of her brother, Reginald C. Barrett Sr., and the mistrust of his son, Reginald C. Barrett Jr.
