Volume 03 Page 0038

My Father hears of the Loss of Gowrie

[letter pasted in the volume]

Marshlands 29 Dec'r 1864

Mon Cher Louis
I recd Yours of 25th with its
disturbing information respectg
Savannah River disaster & I can
refer to little or nothing in mitigation
of the state of things there. I presume
the men are all gone. altho it is possible
some one or two of them may after a while
come back. As for the Women & Children
from the scarcity of provisions for feeding "Sherman"'s Army & their uselessness
to the Enemy I don't see that they will
have any inducement or encouragement
to join them. The only information
I can get on these engrossing subjects
can only come from You & I request You
to write me all that You hear respectg
Savannah River I have an Overseer
for Silk Hope. It looked well in Bandy's
returning to the Plantation to see what
he could do. I hope if captured he may
be released, being over age & a non combatant.
We are all quiet & comfortable here. But
I can't help thinking that in the Spring
I will have to look out for a safe retreat
for the family and in the uncertain March
of events, I don't know where they will be
in safety
Yours [illegible]
Chs Manigault

[newspaper clipping pasted in volume]
RICE PLANTATIONS TO RENT
FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS. That large
and valuable RICE PLANTATION of Mr
CHARLES MANIGAULT, on Argyle Island,
about 8 miles above the city of
Savannah, adjoining the estate of Mr. James Potter, and
opposite Mr Daniel Heyward's plantation, containing
over 700 acres of the finest Rice Land, all in one compact
body; with an adjoining Island of about 60 acres in
wood; 10 large double negro houses and a dwelling
opposite, on the Georgia highland, about a mile back from
the river of about 750 acres of Cotton, Provision and
Wood Land, where Mr Capers, the former overseer, with
his large family passed every summer. The Savannah Rail Road passes near it, and the station is close to it.
Apply to the owner here, or to
R. Habersham & Sons
October 31 [1866] Savannah, Georgia