Letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to Elizabeth L. Gilchrist, July 25th, 1822

Title:

Letter from Mary Lamboll Beach to Elizabeth L. Gilchrist, July 25th, 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 discussing health, religion and the Denmark Vesey trial. Details include the notation that Satan is "setting these incendiaries the Negroes to work," the defenses put up by the city, suspicions for persons involved, brief information regarding who Denmark Vesey is and his execution where a young boy was killed by a carriage and finally, the execution of "29 poor miserable cuplrits."

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, Health, Death, Plantations, Hanging, Gallows, Children--Death, Trials, Nineteenth century, Letter writing, Religious life and customs, Enslaved persons, and Slave rebellions

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:

262876