Letter from Stoke Plantation Overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball, November 1, 1833

Title:

Letter from Stoke Plantation Overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball, November 1, 1833

Date:

1833

Creator (Personal):

Finklea, Thomas

Description:

A letter from Stoke Plantation overseer Thomas Finklea to John Ball in Charleston discussing the crops, that the enslaved person London was "troubled & cold," giving shoes to the enslaved persons except "Comingtee Vilet & Stoke Betty," who did not have their measurements taken, an inventory of cattle, and a list of sick enslaved persons.

Collection Title:

Ball Family Papers, 1631-1895

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Ball family

Topical Subject:

Cattle, Slave records, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Inventories, Health, Letters, Shoes, Crops, Sick, Letter writing, Plantation overseer, Enslaved women, and Enslaved persons

Geographic Subject:

South Carolina

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516A-32A (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:

290904