003. William H. W. Barnwell to Edgar B. Day -- January 18, 1832

Title:

003. William H. W. Barnwell to Edgar B. Day -- January 18, 1832

Date:

1832

Creator (Personal):

Barnwell, William Hazzard, 1806-1863

Description:

William H. W. Barnwell, from Laurel Bay Plantation, writes to friend Edgar Day in Catskill, New York. After 4 years without correspondence, Barnwell apprises Day of his marriage, the birth of his first child and his religious conversion during a revival in Gillisonville, SC. He also speaks of forming a local temperance society and hopes to establish "one upon my plantation among my Negroes." January 18, 1832.

Collection Title:

Barnwell Family Papers

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Barnwell family

Topical Subject:

Slavery--South Carolina, Plantations--South Carolina--Management, Christianity--Religious experiences--Conversion, Temperance--South Carolina--Societies, etc., and Revivals--South Carolina--Gillisonville

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

Mss 0110

Date Digital:

2011-06

Digitization Specifications:

400 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:

32409