Copy of a Letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III, November 2, 1785

Title:

Copy of a Letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III, November 2, 1785

Date:

1785

Creator (Personal):

Ball, Elias, 1752-1810

Description:

Copy of a letter between Elias "Wambaw" Ball and Elias Ball III at Limerick Plantation discussing Thomas Gaillard and payments, apprehension of purchasing bills using credit, a rampant fever that has affected family at Kensington Plantation, the overseer named Comings, the sale and purchase of "Fishpond by the Harlestons," a notation regarding fifteen enslaved persons, rice crops and the belief of another revolution or war within the United States.

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, Plantations--South Carolina, Slavery--South Carolina, Rice, Diseases, Letters, Fever, Crops, Purchasing, Payment, Enslaved persons, and Plantations overseers

Geographic Subject:

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

S.C. County:

Berkeley County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

11-516B-55 (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:

291098