Samuel Wragg Ferguson writes to his godmother about news from West Point. He mentions a fire on Crow's Nest mountain, the dull routine of West Point and his eagerness for his June furlough. 5p.
Letter from Samuel Wragg Ferguson from West Point to his godmother. He writes about the mild winter at West Point this season, a rash of recent cadet accidents and his longing to be "warmed by a Dockon fire." 5p.
Letter from Samuel Wragg Ferguson from West Point to his godmother writing about a recent visit of relatives. He also mentions that he is looking forward to summer encampment and "no more study for two months." 3p.
Letter from Samuel Wragg Ferguson from West Point to his godmother. Ferguson writes about being transferred to Company A and "is now in the clutches of Lt. Nelson commonly known as fossil remains." He relates about failing his first inspection with the new commander "as an introduction to the Co." 4p.
The Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1853-1855, records the numerous payments, receipts, debts and purchases and yearly crop information for Chicora Wood, Waverly and Nightingale Hall Plantations. Also included in the book are sections on births, deaths and marriages for enslaved people, writing down the first name of the men and women who married.
The Mulberry Plantation Journal for the years 1855-1856 was kept by overseers C.A. Ward and R. Meynardie who reported activities on the rice plantation. Entries note agricultural tasks, quantities of rice winnowed, weather conditions, sickness among slaves and individuals assinged to the nightly watch. The names of the slaves are listed throughout the journal as: Adeline/Adiline, Ben, Betty, Binah, Bristol, Charles/C. Charles/Cow Charles/Cow Charly/Young Charles, Carolina, Clarinda, Dinah, Fanny/Fany, Flora/Florah, Francis, Hanna/Hannah, Isaac, Jack/L. Jack/Little Jack, Jacob, Joe, Juba, Leah, Lewis, Lindy, Little Judy, Little Ned/Old Ned, Maryan, Myrah, Old Delia, Old Hariett, Paris/Parris, Patty, Pearce, Pierce, Sabrina, Sarah/Old Sara, Shammroc and Vinus
Printed broadside includes description of curriculum, rules of conduct, tuition and refereces. Madame Rosalie Acelie Togno opened her french and english boarding school for young ladies in Charleston under the patronage of James Louis Petigru in 1854. Initially located on Tradd Street, the school and dormitory for students was relocated to Meeting Street soon after. Togno was a fluent speaker of french and arrived in Charleston by way of New York. Her strict teaching style set new standards for education in antebellum Charleston and students were instructed in science, history, geograph and writing . Madame Togno's students included such notable women as Adele Allston Vanderhorst and Elizabeth Allston Waties Pringle. During the Civil War, Togno relocated her school to Barhamville, South Carolina but was forced to flee South Carolina soon after.
A bill of sale for the enslaved man listed as "A negro male Slave named Caesar about forty years of age." The enslaved man was bought by James Adger from Abraham Tobias for $1,200.
The last will and testament of Robert F.W. Allston contains additional provisions from a previous will surrounding new properties acquired by Robert Allston. He writes that he leaves his son Charles Allston, Chicora Wood Plantation. The enslaved persons are divided among the family and are listed as: Guy, driver Jack, Dido, driver Sam, Mary (faithful housekeeper), nurse Phebe, Bob, "Rochael," engineer Prince, Toby, blacksmith Anthony, Jacob, Henry, Emma, carpenter Gilbert, Minda, Phillis, blacksmith Sam, blacksmith Scotland, Jane, and driver Tommy. He leaves his overseer his "trusted servants" Boston, Venus and Hetty, "whose life he has, under Heaven, saved thus far." Robert Allston states that his servants James, Mary, and Milly be given fifteen dollars annually, Violet, Stephen and Auba ten dollars, and driver Sam and nurse Phebe five dollars as long as they live. The last page of the will states that the faithful servants James (who may choose his owner from any of the Allston children), Mary, and Milly "receive every proper kindness" from the Allston family as they "exhibited a trustful and abiding faith and by whom they have been justly appreciated, but never abused..."
Bill of sale for "sixteen negro slaves" for $5,800 sold by Edward North, executor of the estate of J.P Gough, to E.B. Means. The slaves are listed as Patty, Peggy, William, Mary, Tenah, Harriett, Willoughby, Jenn, James, Delia, Silvey, Toney, Sally, Henry, Kate and Caroline.
Photograph of Mary Elliott Barnwell (1850-1927) and Charles Mathews Barnwell (1852-1923), children of William H. W. and Catherine Osborn Barnwell. Cased daguerreotype, tinted. 9.5 x 8 cm. 1855.
Partial letter from Robert Woodward Barnwell, in Erlangen, to unknown correspondent describing the state of Christianity and theology in Germany. Barnwell also discusses his attempt to impart his knowledge of contemporary American political science but concedes that "slavery is a topic which cannot be understood, which everyone talks about but which I generally excise myself from speaking upon." 1855.
