Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's plantations journal
Collection Overview
Journal entries on pages interleaved in Hoff's Agricultural Almanac (1818). Includes personal and plantation entries by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1818 April 6-May 16, with a few scattered entries in late 1818 and early 1819). The journal records daily activities on Pinckney's plantation. Pinckney not only planted cotton, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, corn, and oats, but relied heavily on fish for food. Many daily entries record the number of drumfish caught and the share of the catch (and other items) distributed to slaves. Other entries concern milk cows and curing meat. Several pages of the journal contain a list of slaves at "The Crescent," "the old Place," "the Point," and Pinckney Island. Other entries list crop yields (for 1817 and 1818), and the number of acres planted in cotton, corn, potatoes, and other crops. "Hands" are listed separately according to tasks.
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1819
Creator
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Charleston, South Carolina, attorney, plantation owner, South Carolina legislator, Revolutionary War general, and U.S. diplomat. Upon completion of his state Senate term in 1804, Pinckney retired to Pinckney Island, his isolated plantation in St. Luke Parish, South Carolina.
Extent
1 volume
Custodial History
Volume was included in a large collection of books presented to the College of Charleston by Edward R. Pinckney.
Acquisitions Information
Materials donated circa 1920 by Edward R. Pinckney.
Alternate Form of Materials
Microfilm available in repository.
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproductions available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's Plantations Journal, 1818-1819
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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