173. Susan S. Keith to Daughter -- December 14, 1861

Title:: 173. Susan S. Keith to Daughter -- December 14, 1861
Date:: 1861
Creator (Personal):: Heyward and Ferguson families, 1806-1923
Description:: Letter from Susan S. Keith to her daughter giving her a first hand account of the great fire that devastated Charleston in December, 1861. "The City is nearly destroyed," she writes, "such a scene of desolation and destruction I never beheld." 4p. December 14, 1861.
Collection Title:: Heyward and Ferguson Family Papers, 1806-1923
Contributing Institution:: College of Charleston Libraries
Media Type:: Manuscripts
Personal or Corporate Subject:: Heyward family
Geographic Subject:: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 and Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
S.C. County:: Charleston County (S.C.)
Shelving Locator:: MSS 0092
Date Digital:: 2009-09
Digitization Specifications:: 700 ppi, 24-bit depth, color, Epson Expression 10000XL scanner, Archival Master is a tiff.
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:: 26533

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