R. Ogden Letter, December 4, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
R. Ogden Letter, December 4, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
R. Ogden in New Orleans solicits Duncan Cameron to buy a 3500 acre Louisiana plantation up river from New Orleans, with the sale used to pay current owner's debts and mortgage. The condition of the plantation is generally described, its crop yield, and its need for a levee. The plantation may be purchased separately from the present "working force" of 155 "negroes."
Creator
R. Ogden
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
December 4, 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: 1022
Coverage
United States: Louisiana (New Orleans)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
R. Ogden, “R. Ogden Letter, December 4, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/79.