William Hams Letter, January 7, 1847
Dublin Core
Title
William Hams Letter, January 7, 1847
Subject
Antebellum Plantation Life
Description
Overseer William Hams at Stagville Plantation writes to Thomas Bennehan to discuss slave health and mentions ongoing jobs on the plantation: fencing, plowing, hauling. A slave named Tower has hurt his back lifting. A supply of candles is requested.
Creator
William Hams
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
January 7, 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: 1000
Coverage
United States: North Carolina (Little River Plantation; Stagville)
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
William Hams, “William Hams Letter, January 7, 1847,” Plantation Letters, accessed October 20, 2026, https://plantationletters.org/items/show/82.