Page 128 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows a city block between Meeting Street and Church Street, and between Cumberland Street and Market Street. A label reads "Champion Cotton Press Co. Lots," and another reads "Tudor Ice House."
Page 230 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The Plat features lots located between Chinquapin Street and President Street, and between Bee Street and Spring Street. It also shows several structures, Pine Street, and Chesnut Street. One lot is labelled "Vegetable Garden."
Page 234 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows lots and structures located on Mill Street, President Street, Lucas Street, and Sixth Street. It also shows a lot labelled "U. S. Arsenal."
Page 231 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat features lots belonging to "The Cannonsboro Whf & Mill Co." It shows Bee Street, Doughty Street, President Street, Lucas Street, and Mill Street.
A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1885. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix recounting the history of Charleston.
The illustration on the front page is captioned 'Interior of Fort Walker, at Hilton Head, immediately after its bombardment and evacuation'. The damage to the fort is in the foreground while in the background, sailing ships with small rowboats can be seen. On the verso are more illustrations. The top picture is captioned "Banks division crossing the Potomac previous to the Battle of Ball's Bluff." The left picture is captioned "Sinking of the peerless in a gale and rescue of the crew." The right illustration is captioned "Perilous position of a transport." The bottom picture is captioned "Capture of the steamer 'Fanny' by three Confederate steamers off Chicamicomica, N.C."
Holograph manuscript with annotations and corrections written by Gabriel Edward Manigault, curator of the College of Charleston Museum, for publication in the Proceedings of the Elliott Society. Manigault, an 1852 graduate of the College of Charleston, became curator of the museum in 1873. The manuscript describes the capture of a Right Whale in Charleston harbor in January 1880, a description of the whale, the steps taken to preserve the specimen for exhibit at the College of Charleston Museum, and descriptions taken from published sources describing similar animals that had been sighted along the American coast and elsewhere beginning in the early 18th century. The Right whale is still exhibited in the Charleston Museum. 8 pages. Full text. Work published in: Proceedings of the Elliott Society, v. 2 (1885):98-103. The Elliott Society was a natural history society established in Charleston, South Carolina and allied closely with the College of Charleston throughout its existence in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Black-and-white wood engraving of a Jewish priest and high priest in their vestments, flanking the text of a stanza from Richard Wilton's poem "Benedicite." Wood engraving by Charles Butterworth. Published inThe Sunday at home: a family magazine for Sabbath reading.