Robert F.W. Allston Receipt Book, 1823-1863

Title:

Robert F.W. Allston Receipt Book, 1823-1863

Date:

1850

Description:

The Robert F.W. Allston Receipt Book, 1823-1863, records receipts received by Robert Allston for payments made to numerous overseers, carpenters and family members. Examples of receipts found in the book include wages for overseers at Nightingale Hall Plantation, Exchange Plantation and Matanza Plantation, later known as Chicora Wood, as well as purchases of enslaved persons and travel expenses.

Collection Title:

Allston Family Papers, 1730-1901

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Slaveholders, Account books, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Slaves--United States, Plantation overseers, and Invoices

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

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

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

12-06_F26 (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:

266298