Charles Drayton II to Charles Drayton III, 1835 January 2

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, Item: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Regarding Charles' inability to visit due to leg pain and his profitless rice (it is "small grained, red, & brittle"); removal of the ineffective Mr. Halveston as overseer; how to work the plantation, divide labor etc; rejecting the enslaved requests for tobacco; threatening to withhold land traditionally used for private slave cultivation; encourages Charles to let Hughes manage the plantation freely (despite his detailed instructions to Charles); and also to "share and share alike" with Hughes; warns Charles not to "interfere with or cross" Hughes in field work; list of items sent with letter; figures for rice production.

Dates

Creation: 1835 January 2

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials predominantly in English; receipts in Portuguese; book and newspaper clippings in Spanish; medical thesis in Latin.

Access Restrictions

Access restricted. Please contact repository for details.

Extent

From the Collection: 17.0 linear feet (2 cartons, 9 document boxes, 3 slim document boxes, 11 flat boxes, 6 oversize flat boxes, 1 oversize flat file, 1 rolled chart)