Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., September 29, 1799
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- Title:
- Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., September 29, 1799
- Date:
- 1799
- Creator (Personal):
- Ball, John Sr., 1760-1817
- Description:
- A letter from John Ball Sr. in Charleston, South Carolina to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts on suffering from the "autumnal fever of the country," the city of Charleston suffering greatly from the disease, a visit from the Englishman William Charles Thomas to settle the concerns of the exiled Elias Ball in Bristol, a request for a miniature of John Ball Jr., the essays of the Pope, how John should behave while at college and the differences between English and American education. Makes the notation, 'carry in your mind that whenever a general emancipation takes place in South Carolina & Georgia you are a ruined man and all your family [connexions] made beggars."
- Collection Title:
- Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Harvard College (1780- )
Ball family - Topical Subject:
- Slave records, Slavery--South Carolina, Education, Diseases, Letters, Portraits, Fever, Essays, Letter writing, Universities and colleges, College students, Behavior, and Etiquette
- Geographic Subject:
- South Carolina and Cambridge (Mass.)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 11-516-11B (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:
- 290555
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