The letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney
By: edited, with a new introduction, by Elise Pinckney, with the editorial assistance of Marvin R. Zahniser.
Contributors: Pinckney, Elise, 1925-; Zahniser, Marvin R.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, 1723-1793 -- Correspondence.; Plantation life -- South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.; South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: One of the most distinguished women of colonial America, Eliza Lucas Pinckney pioneered large-scale cultivation of indigo in South Carolina, managed her father's extensive plantation holdings, and raised two sons - Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney - who would become celebrated patriots of the new nation.

Pinckney's lively letters reveal intriguing details about an eventful life, including her myriad interests, changing politics, innovative ideas about slave education, voracious reading habits, unusually happy marriage, and devotion to her children.
Notes: Originally published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1972.
Includes index.