Charles Lewellyn Letter, February 27, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Lewellyn Letter, February 27, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
The overseer indicates cotton is being shipped, he was unsuccessful in purchasing a mule at auction for $80, he is sowing oats, and supplies have not been received. The runaway Milton has not been heard from. He and another slave Tony were stealing clothes from one another to sell, quarreled, and were put in handcuffs by the overseer. Milton got loose and ran away. News is given of a Major Read shot dead by house servant.
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
February 27, 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: 1004
Coverage
United States: Alabama (Greene County; Macon)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Charles Lewellyn, “Charles Lewellyn Letter, February 27, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/47.