Plowden Weston's Business Ledger

Title:

Plowden Weston's Business Ledger

Date:

1850

Description:

The Weston Family Ledger (1764-1769) contains accounts of credit and estates with numerous individuals and businesses. The ledger was also used by an unidentified author as a plantation journal and contains entries and accounts (1830-1847, 1851, 1855) pertaining to Weston family plantations. Many of the 19th century notes list food, clothing and fabric rations distributed to slaves on the plantations.

Collection Title:

Weston Family Papers, 1764-1855

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Weston, Plowden, 1739-1827

Topical Subject:

Financial statements, Early America, Slave records, Slaveholders, Plantation owners, Account books, Credit, Estates (Law), Penmanship, American, Bookkeeping--History, Slaves--Rations--Southern States, and Plantations--South Carolina--Georgetown County

Geographic Subject:

Laurel Hill Plantation (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Georgetown County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

Mss 0055 Box 2

Date Digital:

2018-09

Digitization Specifications:

Scanned by the Lyrasis Digitization Project. 600 dpi. Archival masters are tiffs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.

Admin ID:

23773