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              My Family consisting of Mrs. Manigault and two Children (Louis and Josephine) having been Kindly invited by Mr Wm Neyle Habersham to pay them a visit in Savannah, they left Charleston for that City per Steamer Wednesday morning 6th February 1867. Six pleasing weeks in the midst of Kind Relatives were passed in Savannah the family not having been there for Eighteen Months. My Business did not allow me to accompany them thither but I had arranged to go on for them upon their return to Charleston and take that opportunity of visiting the Plantation on Savannah River. All this was accomplished in the most satisfactory manner as will be here shown. I left Charleston Monday 18th March 1867 in a very inferior Steamer called the “Pilot Boy” en route for Savannah. Permission had been granted me to absent myself from George A. Hopley & Cos Counting House (where I am a Clerk) for one week; and it may be interesting to state that from the 17th October 1865 the day upon which I commenced my duties in this Office up to the present time I had not been absent from my desk one single day from indisposition or other cause, having escaped the Broken Bone fever which seemed to attack every one last Summer with scarcely any exception.  
Concerning Plantation Affairs the Situation was as follows: In the Autumn of 1866 we succeeded in Renting the entire Tract to one Mr Kirsch for near $5000. in U.S. Currency (One dollar in Gold being now worth $1.40¢ in Currency). He had taken full possession of the Plantation, had sent lumber to repair Trunks, had placed an Overseer upon the place, and in every respect gone most actively to work, when Death put an end to his Earthly Career, and thereby our entire plans, hopes, and expectations were frustrated. The slow and tedious Task of once more Advertising and endeavouring to Rent had to be re-commenced, the rapidly advancing season rendering our prospects to attain our end less and less encouraging. Towards the close of January 1867 Mr Wm Neyle Habersham (My Father’s friend and Attorney and my Brother in Law) succeeded in finding another Tenant in “General George P. Harrison”, a Georgian with whom I had had business Transactions in former years; he having on some occasions supplied our Thresher with Wood, previous to that wonderful discovery of burning Straw

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Title	Manigault plantation journal
Alternative Title	Statement of sales Gowrie plantation Savannah River
Creator	Manigault, Louis, 1828-1899.
Contributor	Manigault, Charles Izard, 1795-1874.
Date	1833-1876
Description	Plantation record book, 1833-1879, kept by Louis Manigault and containing information on the three major Manigault plantations: Silk Hope, at the head of the Cooper River in Berkeley District, S.C., and Gowrie and East Hermitage on Argyle Island in the Savannah River, Ga., several miles upstream from the port of Savannah. The journal contains slave records listing names of slaves, including a photograph of a runaway slave, and planting records. During and after the Civil War, records chiefly relate to crops planted at Gowrie Plantation. The journal also includes entries describing Louis Manigault's travels to Europe and China.
Subject (tgm)	Plantation owners Plantations Fugitive slaves Slaves Slavery Rice plantations Agriculture
Subject Name	Manigault, Charles Izard, 1795-1874. Manigault, Louis, 1828-1899.
Subject Topical	Diaries. Plantation owners--South Carolina. Plantation owners--Georgia. Plantations--Georgia. Plantations--South Carolina. Rice--Planting--Georgia--History--19th century. Slavery--Georgia. Slavery--South Carolina. Slaves--Photographs. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Subject Geographic	Argyle Island (Ga.)--Social life and customs. East Hermitage Plantation (Ga.) Gowrie Plantation (Argyle Island, Ga.) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate. South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate. South Carolina--History--19th century. Georgia--History--19th century.
Geographic Location	United States, Georgia, Argyle Island United States, Georgia United States, South Carolina
Title Note	Title supplied by repository. Alternate title appears on book.
Contributor Note	Father of Louis Manigault
Notes	Images of blank pages are not included. These pages are 4, 7-8, 35, 111-112, 117-118, 122-124, 129-131, 135-137, 142, 144-145, 147, 149-150, 155-172, 175-176, and 180-185.
Original Form	Account books Diaries Journals
Language	English French
Medium of Original	Paper Photograph
Collection in Repository	Manigault Family Papers, #484
Is Part Of	Manigault Family Papers, #484
Digital Collection	Manigault Plantation Journal
Repository	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Local Identifier	484
Citation	[Identification of item], in the Manigault Family Papers #484, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Holder	Public domain

Title	Page 055
Alternative Title	Visit to "Gowrie" and "East Hermitage" plantations, Savannah River, 22d March 1867.
Date	22 March 1867
Description	A narrative of a post-Civil War visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage plantations, including history of the properties.
Transcription	My Family consisting of Mrs. Manigault and two Children (Louis and Josephine) having been Kindly invited by Mr Wm Neyle Habersham to pay them a visit in Savannah, they left Charleston for that City per Steamer Wednesday morning 6th February 1867. Six pleasing weeks in the midst of Kind Relatives were passed in Savannah the family not having been there for Eighteen Months. My Business did not allow me to accompany them thither but I had arranged to go on for them upon their return to Charleston and take that opportunity of visiting the Plantation on Savannah River. All this was accomplished in the most satisfactory manner as will be here shown. I left Charleston Monday 18th March 1867 in a very inferior Steamer called the “Pilot Boy” en route for Savannah. Permission had been granted me to absent myself from George A. Hopley & Cos Counting House (where I am a Clerk) for one week; and it may be interesting to state that from the 17th October 1865 the day upon which I commenced my duties in this Office up to the present time I had not been absent from my desk one single day from indisposition or other cause, having escaped the Broken Bone fever which seemed to attack every one last Summer with scarcely any exception. Concerning Plantation Affairs the Situation was as follows: In the Autumn of 1866 we succeeded in Renting the entire Tract to one Mr Kirsch for near $5000. in U.S. Currency (One dollar in Gold being now worth $1.40¢ in Currency). He had taken full possession of the Plantation, had sent lumber to repair Trunks, had placed an Overseer upon the place, and in every respect gone most actively to work, when Death put an end to his Earthly Career, and thereby our entire plans, hopes, and expectations were frustrated. The slow and tedious Task of once more Advertising and endeavouring to Rent had to be re-commenced, the rapidly advancing season rendering our prospects to attain our end less and less encouraging. Towards the close of January 1867 Mr Wm Neyle Habersham (My Father’s friend and Attorney and my Brother in Law) succeeded in finding another Tenant in “General George P. Harrison”, a Georgian with whom I had had business Transactions in former years; he having on some occasions supplied our Thresher with Wood, previous to that wonderful discovery of burning Straw
Subject (tgm)	Rice plantations
Subject Topical	Diaries. Travelers--Georgia--Diaries. Travelers--South Carolina--Diaries. Plantation owners--Georgia. Plantations--Georgia. Rice--Planting--Georgia--History--19th century.
Subject Geographic	Georgia--History--19th century. Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)--History. South Carolina--History--19th century. Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Geographic Location	United States, Georgia United States, Georgia, Argyle Island United States, South Carolina
filename	484_055.tif
Copyright Holder	Public domain

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