Paul Cameron Letter, January 4, 1845

Paul Cameron Letter, January 4, 1845

Antebellum Plantation Life

From his new plantation in Alabama, Paul writes home to his father in North Carolina. The business negotiation of payment for 1674 acres of land in Greene County is discussed (mortgage, note, interest). A slave named Edmund has died, others are well, and matters of setting up the plantation are discussed ("preparing timber to repair the negro houses," need to purchase more mules). The expected crop and pricing are mentioned. Paul notes he is anxious to return home and that he has received correspondence from his father. Paul's impression of the overseer Lewellyn is thus far favorable, though he has told Lewellyn that his Alabama contact Mr. Ruffin is to be "master of him" while he is away.

Paul Cameron

Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978

Photographed, transcribed, tagged, and shared in this Omeka Collection by Dr. Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University College of Education

January 4, 1845

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.”

The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Personal correspondence, letter

series: 1.3.3, box: 41, folder: 940

United States: Alabama (Greene County; Greensboro; Macon; Marion; Mobile)

United States: New York

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