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Contains 29 Results:

"Proofs and Illustrations etc. to the Calendar." Notes on plants, crops, livestock and their development, Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

"Plantation Rules," regarding the watchman, driver, foreman, tools, provisions, sick slaves and punishments, Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

"Fields and Culture at Drayton Hall," with acreage and crops grown in each field, Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

Diagrams and notes of fields and creeks, (precise location unclear), Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

Notes on indigo preparation, signature indecipherable, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

"Intent[?] of ploughs" with scale drawing, Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

Notes and diagram on planting rice and indigo by a riverside (at Georgetown, South Carolina [?]), with information on ditching, draining and required labor, Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

Notes [pre-1820] on breeding and controlling horses; the "expenses of getting and rearing foals of the superior or best blood"; determining the age of horses; on back, crops "planted at J[ehossee?]" and "cypress plants rec'd from Col. Elliot," Charles Drayton, circa 1778

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: circa 1778
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

Notes on raising a variety of livestock ("horses, cattle, sheep, swine, rabbits, poultry, bees"), Charles Drayton I, before 1820

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: before 1820
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs

Indecipherable notes, 1775, John Drayton[?]; crops planted at Jehossee, 1777-1778, Charles Drayton I[?]; expenses from Charles Drayton I's a trip north, Charles Drayton I, circa 1806

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notes of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I, II and III on plantation affairs (including slave inventories and plantation books), horticulture, and education and instruction. Arranged firstly by content and secondly by chronology.

Dates: circa 1806
Found in: Special Collections / Drayton papers / 1. Drayton family papers, accessioned before 1970 / Notes / Plantation affairs
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