Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1857-1859

Title:

Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1857-1859

Date:

1857

Creator (Personal):

Allston, Robert Francis Withers, 1801-1864

Description:

The Robert F.W. Allston Account Book covers the years 1857-1859 discussing Chicora Wood and Nightingale Hall Plantations. The book includes information on acres of land, stock and cattle, payments and accounts, a purchase of forty-one enslaved persons and the number of enslaved persons at each plantation in which they are listed as dependencies. Book includes a second use with passages written from the back of the book towards the front.

Collection Title:

Allston Family Papers, 1730-1901

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Topical Subject:

Cattle, Slave records, Slaveholders, Account books, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Slaves--United States, Nineteenth century, and Payment

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Georgetown County (S.C.) and Chicora Wood Plantation (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

12-04_F13 (1164.00)

Date Digital:

2022-10

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:

265552