Box 1

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Rules for Measuring Grain Pg.8/ms18; Fighting on Morris Island Pg.20/ms51; Enemy Lands at White Point Pg.38/ms105

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Copely-Izard Family Painting Pg.1/ms3; Charleston Library Society Pg.3/ms15; List of Gifts given to Slaves on Christmas Day Pg.34/ms177

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Listing of Expenses

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Description of Kentucky Pg.1; Trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Wiltown Pg.12/ms57; Cream of Tartar for Fever Remedy Pg.13/ms62; Cholera - Remedy Pg.26/ms125; List of Slann's Island Slaves Pg.35/ms173; Trip to New York Pg.40

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Trip to Sulphur Springs, VA Pg.1; Advice from Dr. Huger on what springs to bathe in Pg.1/ms4; Washington Pg.17/ms64; Furnishings at the White House Pg.17/ms66; Medical Treatment Pg.18/ms69

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Trip to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, New Haven etc. Pg.1/ms1; List of Expenses on trip Pg.7/ms58

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Became a Senator (State) Pg.6/ms84; Recipe for White-wash Pg.20/ms105; Murder trial for Slave Pg.26/135; Re-election to Senate Pg.32/ms68

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Death of Grimball's Mother (Front cover) Pg.20/ms111

Collection Overview From the Collection: Typescript copies (1937-1938) of 17 diaries (1832-1884) kept by John Berkeley Grimball of Pinebury and Old Fort Plantations, transcribed from the original by Frederica B. Keller during a 1935-1938 W.P.A. project.Entries include references to family matters, including the division of Grimball's mother's [Eliza Flinn] estate, social events, religion, a hot air balloon ascension (1834), a duel (1856), and Grimball's trips to Sulphur Srings, Virginia and elsewhere.The...

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Removal of Friend's and Mother's Coffins to new location Pg.2/ms8; Slaves working on Road Construction Pg.4/ms21; Divisions of Deceased Mother's Estate Pg.4/ms23