Letter from Capt. Edward Barnwell, Cincinnati, to daughter, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, Charleston. Barnwell, with his daughter and son-in-law, is researching the business climates of several northern cities where his daughter and son-in-law might settle.
Letter from Capt. Edward Barnwell, Beaufort, to son-in-law William H. W. Barnwell, Charleston, expressing gratitude for the health of Barnwell's wife, Catherine, and the birth of a new grandson.
Letter from Capt. Edward Barnwell, Kean's Neck, to daughter, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, Charleston, SC, thanking her again for helping raise his daughter, Meta.
Letter from Capt. Edward Barnwell, Kean's Neck, to daughter, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, Gillisonville, SC, thanking her for helping raise his younger daughters.
Capt. Edward Barnwell, Beaufort, writes to daughter, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, cautioning her about over-doing the social scene in Charleston. He also writes of gardening and his crops, including the propagation of orange trees, and asks that Catherine care for her sick sister by giving her "tincture of bark & brandy & water."
Letter from Capt. Edward Barnwell, Combahee, to daughter, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, in Charleston. Edward asks Catherine to look after her little sisters when they visit Charleston and writes of his plans to see Marquis de Lafayette should he stop in Beaufort.
Letter from Catherine Jordan to Catherine Osborn Barnwell describing her boarding room in Charleston and her attempt to make it through the winter with a makeshift fireplace.
Letter from Eliza Fludd to Catherine Osborn Barnwell describing the conditions in Charleston and her belief that God is punishing the Confederacy for its sins.
Letter from S. M. D. to Catherine Osborn Barnwell describing her summer of travel to Niagara Falls and Saratoga and her plans upon returning to Charleston in the fall.
Letter from Rev. William Bacon Stevens to Robert Woodward Barnwell describing the last days and funeral of Barnwell's brother, William H. W. Barnwell, in Pennsylvania.
Letter from E, possibly Elizabeth Osborn Barnwell Flanders, to "sister" Catherine Osborn Barnwell. Elizabeth writes of winterizing her Philadelphia home, a scalding accident involving her two children and the beginning of another pregnancy.
