Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, August 3, 1862
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- Title:
- Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, August 3, 1862
- Date:
- 1862
- Creator (Personal):
- Alston, Emma, 1803-1889
- Description:
- A handwritten, four-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles Alston, in which she laments the ongoing Civil War and specifically worries about their ability to maintain their enslaved workers. She advises him on which enslaved people to bring to Georgetown and the possibility of hiring out Jack, a blacksmith.
- Collection Title:
- Edmondston-Alston Family Letters and Paper Materials, 1782-1919
- Contributing Institution:
- Middleton Place Foundation
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Series:
- Edmondston-Alston House Museum Collections
- Topical Subject:
- Slavery and Enslaved persons
- Geographic Subject:
- Georgetown (S.C.) and United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
- S.C. County:
- Greenville County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- EAH Box 1
- Date Digital:
- 2023
- Digitization Specifications:
- 400 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, contact the Middleton Place Foundation, 4300 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414.
- Admin ID:
- 295533
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