Charles Lewellyn Letter, May 21, 1846

Dublin Core

Title

Charles Lewellyn Letter, May 21, 1846

Subject

Antebellum Plantation Life

Description

The overseer briefly mentions the condition of crops, the general health of a few named slaves, and lists supplies received from the landing for the plantation.

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

May 21, 1846

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: 42, folder: 985

Coverage

United States: Alabama (Greene County; Hobbie)

Text Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Files

Charles_Lewellyn_1846_5_21.pdf

Citation

Charles Lewellyn, “Charles Lewellyn Letter, May 21, 1846,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 21, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/30.