A handwritten, one-page letter from James Simons to John Julius Alston in which he requests that John Julius find out which "members of the staff" will travel to Black Oak, a church in Berkeley County, South Carolina, and what arrangements need to be made for the journey.
A handwritten, two-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles Alston, in which she worries about the state of Charleston and her family members amid the Civil War.
