Letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to Elizabeth L. Gilchrist, July 5th, 1822

Title:

Letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to Elizabeth L. Gilchrist, July 5th, 1822

Date:

1822

Creator (Personal):

Beach, Mary Lamboll Thomas, 1770-1851

Description:

A letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to her sister Elizabeth Gilchrist in Germantown, Pennsylvania primarily discussing the Denmark Vesey trial. Details include Vesey's incarceration, his state of mind and the notation, "he deserved to die." Also references the execution of conspirators involved calling them "villians."

Collection Title:

Mary Lamboll Thomas Beach Papers, 1822-1890

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822

Topical Subject:

Slavery, Slaveholders, Plantations, Jails, Hanging, Gallows, Trials, Nineteenth century, Letter writing, Insurrections, and Enslaved persons

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

43/0225

Date Digital:

2021-06

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL. Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information and re-use requirements contact the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, 29401.

Admin ID:

262873