The second large bedroom is set up as the Latta daughters' room, although it is possible that this was actually Robert's room during the years that he lived at the plantation, with the girls old enough at his leaving to have taken over the room.

This room is rearranged to suit the season. In warm weather, its lovely mahogany bed is moved near the windows to catch the breeze. In the cold weather, it is located in a corner as far away from the windows as it can be.

The dresser top contains items of interest to girls and young ladies. Notice the mirror, sewing kit, and penny wooden doll. Penny woodens are simple dolls, made of wood, and they did originally cost a penny. Since there were no toy stores until around 1850, undressed penny woodens (as well as other toys, such as tin whistles) were purchased in confectionery shops and brought home for the lucky new owner or her mother to clothe.

Again, the woodwork is not as fancy as that downstairs, but it is interesting, especially the mantelpiece, which shows evidence of either a scroll or perhaps an eagle being stenciled on it. Maybe the stenciling was done by one of the daughters, since it was a skill taught at Salem Academy.

Also in the girls' room, a theorem painting and a sampler are often displayed. Stitching samplers came into vogue before theorem painting and endured after it. If you see an antique theorem painting, you can be sure it was created sometime between 1800 and 1840.

Theorem is another name for stencil. These paintings were done with stencils, copied from printed books, with one stencil per major color. They were most frequently on velvet, although some were on paper, and they were done in both watercolor and in oil paint. Girls at boarding schools tended to like them, because they were fairly simple to make and rarely turned out poorly. There were no tests and no report cards; theorem paintings were often sent home to show parents how well their daughters were progressing.

In a corner of the room is a wash stand. There is also a chamber pot. Most ladies would not go to the necessary (outhouse) but would use a chamber pot instead. Men would go to the necessary during the day, but everyone used chamber pots at night. In the morning, on plantations, young slaves would empty and clean the chamber pots. In non-slave owning households, this chore was traditionally designated as the job of the youngest child.

If you click on the picture to the right and enlarge it, you can see the fake wood graining on the wainscoting. It resembles mahogany or rosewood and may have been done by the Latta girls, as an attempt to decorate or individualize their room. No other room in the house has this type of decoration.