Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Diary, Charles Drayton I, 1799-1805
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Includes day-to-day management of Drayton plantations, (particularly Drayton Hall and Jehossee), focusing on crops, livestock, labor, and the movement of these between estates. Includes details on the unsatisfactory work of overseers, marriage of Charlotte Drayton, building of a new barn and slave houses, slave deaths from snake/ spider bites and lightning strikes.
Dates:
1799-1805