Robert F.W. Allston 1860 Almanac

Title:

Robert F.W. Allston 1860 Almanac

Date:

1860

Creator (Corporate):

Allston, Robert Francis Withers, 1801-1864

Description:

The Robert F.W. Allston 1860 Almanac is a Miller's Planters' and Merchants Almanac for the year 1860 repurposed as a journal. Personal entries include account pages for bushels of rice, a list of enslaved men, women and children who were born and died at Chicora Wood Plantation, the purchase of enslaved people, a presentation of a billiard table to the Lunatic Asylum, a meeting with Laymen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and work on the Georgetown Railroad.

Collection Title:

Allston Family Papers, 1730-1901

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Charleston Chamber of Commerce (Charleston, S.C.)
College of Charleston
South Carolina Lunatic Asylum
Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.)
Medical College of the State of South Carolina
Medical Society of South Carolina
South Carolina Historical Society
Apprentices' Library Society (Charleston, S.C.)
South Carolina College

Topical Subject:

Rice, Death, Almanacs, American--South Carolina, Birth, Ninteenth century, Enslaved women, Enslaved children, and Enslaved persons--United States

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

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

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

12-04_F14 (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:

265890