JOSIAH SMITH JR. LETTER BOOK, #3018, 1771-1784
Business and personal letters of Smith, a merchant, financial agent, and Revolutionary War
patriot of Charleston, South Carolina. Most of the letters address English merchants, English
and American clients, and ministers and members of the Presbyterian church, and discuss the
purchase of slaves, slave illnesses, and other plantation news; the housing, clothing, care,
and sale of slaves; a 1774 controversy between the governor and the assembly of South
Carolina concerning the importation of slaves; and fear of a slave revolt (1775). Microfilm
available.