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

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