Copy of a Letter from Elias Ball IV to Elias Ball III in Exile, January 8, 1788

Title:

Copy of a Letter from Elias Ball IV to Elias Ball III in Exile, January 8, 1788

Date:

1788

Creator (Personal):

Ball, Elias, 1752-1810

Description:

A letter from Elias Ball IV at Limerick Plantation to Elias "Wambaw" Ball III exiled in Bristol, England on receiving goods, money due, a notation regarding births and deaths of enslaved persons, Elias Ball IV's father buying Hyde Park Plantation from Elias Ball III, and the plantation crops and taxes.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ball family

Topical Subject:

Slave records, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Taxation, Death, Letters, Money, Crops, Purchasing, Birth, Letter writing, Enslaved persons, and Exile

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina, Limerick Plantation (S.C.), and Bristol (England)

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516-07 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-08

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:

290428