A list of questions to ask the ordinary made by John Ball in preparation for writing his will, which is also included. Questions include those for advertising, the appraisement of former enslaved persons that are emancipated, and the cattle at Jericho Plantation.
The Columbian Herald newspaper printed on Thursday June 7th, 1792 discussing the "India War" from the House of Commons and advertisements for English goods, a meeting for the Fellowship Society, a public auction for Indian muslins, the sale of cargo of the Brigantine Triton from Bourdeaux, 500 dollars for a plan of construction of the "President's House" in Washington, and 500 dollars for a plan of a "capitol to be erected" in Washington. The remainder of the newspaper discusses the trial of Warren Hasting in London, an extract from a letter from Northampton, and a section from the House of Lords on "repealing the tax on female servants."
A copy of an advertisement for selling Back River Plantation belonging to the late John Coming Ball. The advertisement states that the plantation is supposed to offer rice to market for several years.
The Daniel Huger Receipt Book, 1812-1819, is a bound book documenting the receipts by various employees of Daniel Huger and Charleston merchants he frequented. Receipts include the payments made to buyers of enslaved people, money sent for subscriptions to newspapers and to the Charleston Library Society, the American Revolution Society, and churches. Other receipts include money for advertisements and political campaigns, employee wages, tuition money for his daughters and funeral expenses and memorials following the death of his son, Daniel Huger Jr.
A letter from J. E. Holmes in Charleston to Ann Ball at Comingtee Plantation on advertising the sale of the "plantation and negroes", the potential hindrance the crops would have on the sale, their advice that Ann Ball should not maintain control over the entire estate for her own well being, and selling the enslaved persons first.
The Evening News in 1852 discusses "Georgia Sarsaparilla" and it's effects on diseases of the liver and blood, the southern medical establishment, rates of gold, and an article titled "From a Peep into the Past." This article discusses the history behind Beaufain Street in Charleston, various burial sites, the first preaching to take place in the White Meeting House in 1690, the division of burial grounds for the "reception of master and slave," the first parsonage in 1698, and the "great gale" in 1752 where people died, and an enslaved man was clinging to a tree and rescued. Also includes are the histories of the Ball, Coming and Harleston families.
An account of sales of a house and lot on the corner of East Bay and Vernon Street in Charleston on account of the estate of the Ball family. Costs include those for advertising, commissions and the sale of bonds.
