Charles Lewellyn Letter, September 17, 1845
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Lewellyn Letter, September 17, 1845
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
The overseer explains the poor quality of the cotton crop, describes indifferent pickers, indicates baled cotton will be taken to the landing for shipment, discusses health of several named slaves, and mentions the job given to slaves of hauling water for other hands in the field.
Creator
Charles Lewellyn
Source
Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978
Date
September 17, 1845
Contributor
Photographed, transcribed, tagged, and shared in this Omeka Collection by Dr. Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University College of Education
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: 41, folder: 965
Coverage
United States: Alabama (Greene County; Hobbie)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Charles Lewellyn, “Charles Lewellyn Letter, September 17, 1845,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/22.