Letter from William J. Boone to William H. W. Barnwell with news of the loss of his wife and the status of his missionary work in China. Boone writes that the recently ended war and subsequent treaty should open up new areas to missionary work but that he may have to return to America with his children "to see them perhaps no more & come out again a solitary man."
Letter of thanks from Sarah Dehon of the Charleston Protestant Episcopal Domestic Missionary Society to Revd William H. W. Barnwell for remarks made on their behalf during a recent sermon given by Barnwell.
Letter to William H. W. Barnwell from Rev. John A. Vaughan informing Barnwell of the receipt of a parcel that Vaughn is to forward oversees to "Mr. Boone."
List annotating the monthly donations of parishioners at St. Peter's Church, Charleston, for mission work in 1846 along with a detailed accounting of the allocation of the funds. The bulk of contributions, including those of the "White Sunday School" and the "Col'd Members of St. Peters", went in support of foreign mission work in Africa and China, and a smaller amount to domestic missionary causes, including "for the Jews."
Mary Bower Elliott, Beaufort, writes to sister, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, Coosawhatchie, SC, about a local election, a recent rainy trip by boat and an upcoming visit by Catherine to Beaufort.
