Paul Cameron Letter, September 28, 1847

Paul Cameron Letter, September 28, 1847

Antebellum Plantation Life

Paul writes to his father from his North Carolina plantation Fairntosh. Paul's sister Mildred is referenced as sick and receiving treatment in Philadelphia. Paul corrects his father's misinformation that North Carolina's Governor Morehead has died. Paul relays the health of family members and then slaves, noting three recent slave children dying of "chills." Paul mentions harvesting corn, bartering flour for leather, and preparing shoes. Paul relays the story of a local marriage scandal. Someone named Virgil (overseer?) from the family's nearby Stagville plantation has relayed that sick slaves are better; Paul however notes several sick slaves at Fairntosh and one slave with a wounded hand.

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

September 28, 1847

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: 43, folder: 1017

United States: Delaware

United States: New York

United States: North Carolina (Fairntosh; Henderson; Raleigh; Stagville)

United States: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

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