A letter from P.D. Hay at the St. Helena's Rectory to William Ball on wanting to visit Strawberry Ferry, William Ball's parish St. John's and Ms. Deas traveling to Charleston.
Accounts rendered for Keating Simons Ball from C. & E. L. Kerrison, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. Expenses include those for flannel, calico and homespun cloth.
A letter from Alwyn Ball in New York to his cousin William Ball in South Carolina asking for financial help, having to sell furniture to "keep the wolf from our door," getting into a retail butter stand, spending one and a half years in an asylum for drinking, and not receiving any assistance from other friends and colleagues.
A Conveyance of property for $4,000 to Mrs. Annie Boyd Glover from Charles Darby, Catherine Lowndes Darby and James Lowndes Brisbane. The property is situated on the east side of Legare Street in ward number two in Charleston.
A receipt for $12 from William Ball, executor of the estate of Eliza Ball to Catharine Poyas for the shares in the South Western Rail Road Bank and the South Carolina Rail Road.
A document titled "memorandum from my executors in the event of my death" discussing the Bank of Charleston, various financial accounts, and insurance policies.
A history of the Harleston family discussing their voyage from England to South Carolina, their first plantation called Irishtown, other plantations throughout the years, the Coming relatives and dates of birth and death for family members.
A list of Ball family members who had their portraits painted. The document also includes the name of the portrait painter, and dates of their birth and death.