Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., August 28, 1800

Title:

Letter from John Ball Sr. to his Son John Ball Jr., August 28, 1800

Date:

1800

Creator (Personal):

Ball, John Sr., 1760-1817

Description:

A letter from John Ball in Charleston, South Carolina to his son John Ball Jr. at Harvard College in Massachusetts discussing John Ball Jr.'s health, a shipment of handkerchiefs, newspapers and letters, money for John's schooling, the death of Old. Mr. R. Lowndes and Old Nancy at Kensington Plantation, and that "the bad fever rages in this city."

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, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Shipping, Health, Education, Diseases, Death, Letters, Handkerchiefs, Money, Yellow fever, Letter writing, Universities and colleges, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, and College students

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina and Cambridge (Mass.)

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516-12A (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:

290577