Dr. Ring Letter, September 23, 1846
Dublin Core
Title
Dr. Ring Letter, September 23, 1846
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
Dr. Ring asks Paul Cameron if he would be willing to ship his cotton via Captain Oliver's landing instead of Candy's Landing. He also discusses treating four slaves and the death of one healthy 50 year old male slave named Limon who collapsed somewhat unexpectedly with a fever. The doctor notes that "no blame [for the slave's death] so far as I could ascertain was to be attached" to the overseer Lewellyn, as if there might be some question to his treatment of the slaves.
Creator
Dr. Ring
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
September 23, 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: 993
Coverage
United States: Alabama (Candy's Landing; Hobbie)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
Dr. Ring, “Dr. Ring Letter, September 23, 1846,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/73.