Letter from Comingtee Plantation Overseer James Coward to Ann Ball, March 6, 1835

Title:

Letter from Comingtee Plantation Overseer James Coward to Ann Ball, March 6, 1835

Date:

1835

Creator (Personal):

Coward, James

Description:

A letter from Comingtee Plantation overseer James Coward to Ann Ball discussing the crowded houses on the plantation, placing the enslaved women and children in the sick houses, Coward's disappointment in his work, the cooper "Midway Marcus," a burnt child, the work of the enslaved persons Phyllis, Caesar, Benjamin, young Stephen, the health of "Monemah's" child at Kensington Plantation and the enslaved persons Boris, Driver Jack, and Cate.

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, Wounds and injuries, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Health, Letters, Plantation overseers, Letter writing, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons--Dwellings, and Enslaved children

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina, Kensington Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.), and Comingtee Plantation (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516A-31 (1134.00)

Date Digital:

2023-07

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:

290874