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

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- 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
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