Elizabeth Barnwell writes from "Yemassee Bluff" to her mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, describing the people she has met and the local social scene.
Letter from unknown to merchants Carhart And Roff placing an order for lard and bacon. The letter writer asks to purchase the items on credit and will pay upon the sale of his cotton.
Handwritten letter granting Meltzer permission to use Daudet's composition Souls in Purgatory from Les Amoureuses, mentions critic Jules Lemaître. Typed translation included.
Handwritten letter to an editor "regarding problems in Food Stamp program," written on the back of a document entitled, "Elect Septima Clark" announcing Clark's platform running for a seat on the consolidated school board.
Letter from Robert Woodward Barnwell requesting items from mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell. Barnwell also asks that she give him the right of first refusal if she decides to sell any cotton.
Letter from Esther Hutson Barnwell to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, listing wedding? gifts purchased for her brother, Edward, including silver waiters, oyster forks, a case of scissors, a jewel box and a pair of candlesticks.
Letter from Robert Woodward Barnwell to father, William H. W. Barnwell, discussing Baptist and Episcopal churches in Beaufort, SC. Barnwell advises his father to "reserve your anti Baptist battery" to the religious press and not local newspapers.
Copy? of letter from Elizabeth Barnwell Fuller to Catherine Osborn Barnwell concerning a visit to the sick bed of Will Barnwell. A note at the end of the letter describes Will as the former body servant of William H. W. Barnwell's father, Robert, who was freed, with a pension, upon his master's death and lived at Laurel Bay.
Elizabeth Barnwell writes her father, William H. W. Barnwell, of their leisurely time spent on the family plantation, Laurel Bay, riding horses and visiting family. Included is a short note from Elizabeth's mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, to her husband.
Elizabeth Barnwell Fuller, Beaufort, writes to sister-in-law, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, about family news, conflicts between the high and low church and a lengthy visit to Beaufort by a mesmerizer.
