Charles Lewellyn Letter, July 31, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
Charles Lewellyn Letter, July 31, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
The overseer expresses his disappointment after receiving a letter from Paul Cameron criticizing him for shipping wet cotton to market (accusation of false packing at market). He describes the condition of various crops and assures Paul he did not push the slaves too hard in his push to get cotton out of the field. Charles indicates the slaves Fanny and Caroline are not expected to get well, and he has also been very ill.
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
July 31, 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: 1013
Coverage
United States: Alabama (Greene County; Macon; Mobile)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Charles Lewellyn, “Charles Lewellyn Letter, July 31, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/57.