Paul Cameron Letter, November 6, 1847

Paul Cameron Letter, November 6, 1847

Antebellum Plantation Life

Paul writes to his father who is visiting Virginia, noting his concern about his father's fever and chill while riding in a rail car. Paul notes he will send a "boy" with butter and articles for his father's arrival back in Raleigh. Paul discusses health of family members, then notes on the Little River Plantation property in Haw River the death of an 18-year old slave named Betsey from chills. Paul concludes by discussing the acquisition of needed supplies (bagging, iron, rope).

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 6, 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: 1020

United States: North Carolina (Haw River; Henderson; Little River Plantation; Raleigh; Stagville)

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