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1. Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, August 18, 1863

Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, August 18, 1863
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1863-08-18
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A handwritten, four-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she advises him on the sale and purchase of mules and enslaved people from Beneventum plantation. She also fears that Charleston will soon fall and describes the scarcity and rising cost of food and other necessities in Greenville amid the Civil War. In addition, she mentions the work done by two enslaved women, Zilpah and Venus, at their farm in Greenville.

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