Charles Lewellyn Letter, October 8, 1845
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Lewellyn Letter, October 8, 1845
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
The overseer indicates rain has slowed the harvest, describes 114 cotton bales packed with 95 at the landing for shipment, mentions he will sow rye if he can acquire seed, discusses general slave health, and mentions the names of slaves who perform various tasks associated with harvesting cotton--giners (males), drivers (males), and cotton handlers (females).
Creator
Charles Lewellyn
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
October 8, 1845
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: 967
Coverage
United States: Alabama (Greene County; Hobbie)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Charles Lewellyn, “Charles Lewellyn Letter, October 8, 1845,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/23.