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John Stoney wrote from Hilton Head to John Kean, addressed to New York. He wrote to give Kean an update on his plantation at Hilton Head. He said the crops were coming up well and specifically mentioned corn and indigo. He gave a bushel of Indigo seeds to Mr. Wiggs as requested. He also mentioned briefly a job tasked to thee enslaved people and that they were all doing well.

Author/Creator

John Stoney

Recipient

John Kean (1755-1795)

Creation Date

5-22-1788

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Hilton Head, SC

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

John Stoney to John Kean, May 22, 1788

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