Box 1
Contains 47 Results:
Typewritten account of the war in Virginia, fragment (3 pages), undated
Fredericksburg and Richmond are mentioned.
Ironclads USS Keokuk and USS Monitor ink sketch, undated
This series includes Civil War era documents assembled by the Allston family, including broadsides, correspondence, handwritten manuscripts, news clippings, and cartoons from Punch and Vanity Fair caricaturing personalities and issues before and during the war. Detailed information about each item included with collection.
Handwritten poem, "Charge of Hagood's Brigade...21st Aug. 1864 on the Federal lines on the Weldon R[ail] R[oa]d," author unknown, undated
This series includes Civil War era documents assembled by the Allston family, including broadsides, correspondence, handwritten manuscripts, news clippings, and cartoons from Punch and Vanity Fair caricaturing personalities and issues before and during the war. Detailed information about each item included with collection.
Handwritten poem, "Stack Arms" by J.B. Allston, undated
Noted as, "Lines written by a prisoner in Fort Delaware Del. on hearing the surrender of Gen. Lee's army."
Summary of slave sales the estate of John Vanderhorst, 1789 November 19
This series includes slave sales and lists between South Carolina families, a printed report from the Committee on Colored Population regarding sentiments about slavery, and a pen-and-ink sketch of "Negroes picking cotton." Detailed information about each item included with collection.
"Bill of Sale" for 19 named slaves, Daniel Ravenel to Elias Vanderhorst, 1828 January 4
This series includes slave sales and lists between South Carolina families, a printed report from the Committee on Colored Population regarding sentiments about slavery, and a pen-and-ink sketch of "Negroes picking cotton." Detailed information about each item included with collection.
"List of Negro fellows on Chichesaw Island Plantation", 1860 November 16
List notes their work roles on rice plantation.
"The Committee on Colored Population" report and proposed South Carolina House of Representatives Bill by J. Harleston Read, 1861 December 5
Calls for "more efficient Police Regulations" of enslaved and free colored people. Sent by mail to Gov. R.F.W. (Robert Francis Withers) Allston.
"Final notice" of slave sale by Alonzo J. White from Nightingale Hall, South Carolina, undated
Broadside notes names of enslaved men, women, and children, with holograph notations on relationships, professions, status, and related.
"Negroes picking cotton" ink sketch, undated
This series includes slave sales and lists between South Carolina families, a printed report from the Committee on Colored Population regarding sentiments about slavery, and a pen-and-ink sketch of "Negroes picking cotton." Detailed information about each item included with collection.