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Contains 1 Result:

Diary, Charles Drayton I, 1807-1814

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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. Included are details on inland rice cultivation; various cotton gins (occasionally with sketches); other local plantations; problems with poachers, overseers, and slaves (who are running away and attacking whites).

Dates: 1807-1814