John Moore Letter, July 26, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
John Moore Letter, July 26, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
Dr. Moore writes Paul Cameron regarding the health of two slaves Caroline and Fanny who are thought to have syphilis and dropsy respectively. Caroline and her mother deny she has had sexual relations. Dr. Moore shares the condition of cotton and corn crops.
Creator
John Moore
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 26, 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 (Greensboro; Marengo; Marengo County)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
John Moore, “John Moore Letter, July 26, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/77.