Charles Lewellyn Letter, May 21, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Lewellyn Letter, May 21, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
The overseer describes injured cotton crop from grasshoppers, lice, and worms, condition of the corn and oats, slave Diley losing a child, and general slave health. He discusses whipping Milton for carelessness, mentions three slaves that work as carpenters, and lists supplies received from landing--twine, shoes, tea, tobacco.
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, 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: 1009
Coverage
United States: Alabama (Greene County)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Charles Lewellyn, “Charles Lewellyn Letter, May 21, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/52.