Paul Cameron Letter, November 8, 1845

Paul Cameron Letter, November 8, 1845

Antebellum Plantation Life

Paul writes home to his father from a road trip to Alabama, relaying details of the trip involving stagecoach and steamboat. Paul was displeased to share a coach with "negroes" en route from Atlanta to Chehaw. Paul refers to counties he saw in "new Georgia" as "poor" and "broken." Paul is uncertain of his route to Greensboro up rivers unless rain makes them more navigable. Paul notes his lack of acquaintances south of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and that he misses the company of a Mr. Rayner who apparently traveled with Paul as far as Atlanta. Paul notes seeing many emigrants heading west to Arkansas and Texas. Paul notes seeing an indifferent crop of cotton and corn around the south, little activity in markets, and good provisions. He relays the pricing for cotton.

Paul Cameron

Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978

Photographed, transcribed, tagged, and shared in this Omeka Collection by Dr. Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University College of Education

November 8, 1845

As noted in the source collection, “copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.”

The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Personal correspondence, letter

series: 1.3.3, box: 41, folder: 970

United States: Alabama (Greensboro; Mobile; Montgomery; Selma)

United States: Arkansas

United States: Georgia (Atlanta; Coweta County; Troup County)

United States: North Carolina (Fayetteville)

United States: South Carolina (Branchville; Camden)

United States: Texas

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