Copy of a Letter from Elias Ball IV to Elias Ball III in Exile, February 10, 1790

Title:

Copy of a Letter from Elias Ball IV to Elias Ball III in Exile, February 10, 1790

Date:

1790

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 James Gordon receiving rice, charters send to Comingtee Plantation to receive rice, a frost ruining a supply of rice, a request for "negro" clothing and plantation tools and Elias Ball IV's feelings on laboring.

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, Clothing and dress, Slavery--South Carolina, Rice, Letters, Tools, Letter writing, Enslaved persons, Exile, and Boats and boating--Charters

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:

290429