Paul Cameron Letter, December 9, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
Paul Cameron Letter, December 9, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
Paul writes his father about the health of family members and members of the "family of slaves," some of whom have pneumonia and underwent "blistering" as a form of treatment.
Creator
Paul Cameron
Source
Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978
Publisher
Photographed, transcribed, tagged, and shared in this Omeka Collection by Dr. Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University College of Education
Date
December 9, 1847
Rights
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.”
Relation
The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Personal correspondence, letter
Identifier
series: 1.3.3, box: 43, folder: 1022
Coverage
United States: North Carolina (Person County; Stagville)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Paul Cameron, “Paul Cameron Letter, December 9, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/15.