James Ruffin Letter, August 27, 1845
Dublin Core
Title
James Ruffin Letter, August 27, 1845
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
In a reply to Paul Cameron, James Ruffin indicates that one month prior all of Paul's slaves (presumably in Alabama) were healthy and the crop was good. James is surprised to hear from Paul that slaves are sick, and recommends he not hire any doctors whom he finds ineffective.
Creator
James Ruffin
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
August 27, 1845
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: 41, folder: 963
Coverage
United States: North Carolina (Haw River; Fairntosh)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
James Ruffin, “James Ruffin Letter, August 27, 1845,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/75.