German-language court brief listing German citizens indicted on charges of refusing to appear for their mandatory service in the military. Found guilty, they were sentenced to pay a fine of 200 marks and may face 40 days in prison.
Compilation of original deeds, titles, and other documents related to the transfer, sale, and ownership of the double tenement at 72-74 Tradd Street, known as the Fotheringham-McNeil Tenements. Documents span from 1765 to 1961, likely representing the entire history of the ownership of the double tenement throughout that time period. Also includes blueprints and photographs. (NOTE: Fotheringham has also been spelled Fotheringham.)
Diary of David Henry Mordecai's trip down east coast to Florida Keys, description of town, wreckers, drunkenness of Key West; description of Havana, and Mantanzas, Cuba. Also has notes on school subjects, reflections on various topics, notation of "Jews - the persecuted race," slavery in SC, pressed botanic specimens, details of weather first quarter of 1850, maps and drawings.
The Baptism Book for Enslaved People at Walworth and Leamington Plantations, 1848-1853, is a record of enslaved men, women and children who were baptized under officiating ministers Rev. William Dehon and Rev. Christopher D. Gadsden. The book also makes notations regarding enslaved persons who were dead upon receiving baptism. The last two pages are entries about the enslaved persons who underwent the rite of confirmation.
Page 134 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eleven plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on Lynch Street. Plat 2 shows a lot located on Wentworth Street, with a building labelled "Charleston Engine House." Plat 3 shows lots located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Ogier Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on Ogier Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on Ogier Street, near its intersection with Calhoun Street. Plat 6 shows lots located along Clifford Alley, near where it intersects with Archdale Street. Plat 7 shows lots located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Ogier Street. Plat 8 shows lots located near the intersection of Vanderhorst Street and Ogier Street. Plat 9 shows lots located near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Ogier Street. Plat 10 shows lots located on and near Boundary Street, near where it intersects with St. Philips Street. Plat 11 features a lot owned by "The Unitarian Church," located on the intersection of Archdale Street and Clifford Alley.
Page 139 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows a lot and structures located at the corner of Calhoun Street and Alexander Street. Plat 2 shows lots located on Queen Street, near where it intersects with Back Street. Plat 3 shows lots located on and near Mazyck Street, near its intersection with Magazine Street. Plat 3 also shows lots labelled "Roper Hospital Lot," and "City Lot." Plat 4 shows lots located between Vanderhorst Street and Boundary Street, and between Coming Street and Pitt Street.
Page 69 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eight plats. Plat 1 shows land located on either side of Burns Lane, and also shows George Street. Plat 2 features a lot and some buildings on George Street. Plat 3 features lots located on and near King Street, between Beaufain Street and Lynch Street. Plat 4 shows a city block located between Beaufain Street and Wentworth Street, and between Pitt Street and Kirkland Lane. Plat 5 shows lots and some buildings located near the intersection of Smith Street and Montague Street. Plat 6 shows lots on Coming Street, between Montague Street and Wentworth Street. Plat 8 shows lots and some buildings located on Pitt Street, including a lot labelled "The Brown Fellowship Society Cemetery."
Page 66 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with fourteen plats. Plat 1 features buildings located near the intersection of King Street and Clifford Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of "Comings Street" and Wentworth Street. Plat 3 shows a lot and structures located on Pitt Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on a city block between Smith Street and Pitt Street, and between Montague Street and Wentworth Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on a city block between Montague Street and Wentworth Street, and between South Street and Rutledge Street. Plat 6 features a lot located near the intersection of "Comings Street" and Montague Street. Plat 7 shows lots and some structures located near the intersection of Bull Street and Coming Street. Plat 8 shows a lot and buildings located on Bull Street. Plat 9 Shows lots located near the intersection of Smith Street and Boundary Street. Plat 10 shows lots located on a city block between Lynch Street and Rutledge Street, and between Bull Street and Montague Street. Plat 11 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of Pitt Street and Bull Street. Plat 12 is features a lot located at the intersection of Pitt Street and Bull Street. Plat 13 Features lots located near the intersection of Bull Street and Lynch Street. Plat 14 shows lots located on Queen Street.
Page 63 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 features wharves located near East Bay Street, and shows several docks and buildings. Plat 2 shows wharfs shows a wharf and several buildings located near East Bay Street. Plat 3 features a wharf located near East Bay Street and shows multiple buildings and docks. Plat 4 features a wharf located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River channel, and also shows several buildings. Plat 5 shows lots located on and near Market Street, between East Bay and Concord Street. Plat 6 features a wharf located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River, and also shows several buildings.
Page 51 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with seven plats. Plat 1 shows land located between Tradd Street and the Ashley River, and labels several features of geography such as a patch of marsh and some land labelled "Hard at low water." Plat 1 also shows a lot labelled "City Lands." Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Tradd Street and Savage Street. Plat 3 shows land located on the west side of New Street. Plat 4 features a lot located at the intersection of New Street and Tradd Street. Plat 5 features lots located near the intersection of New Street and Tradd Street. Plat 6 shows lots located on and near Tradd Street. Plat 7 shows structures located near the intersection of New Street and Broad Street, including a building labelled "Theatre."
Page 54 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots located near the intersection of Broad Street and Friend Street. Plat 2 shows land between the Ashley River's low water mark and Smith Street, and between Beaufain Street and Broad Street. It also labels Comings Creek, and an "Edge of High Land." Other Streets on Plat 2 include "Barre Street," Gadsden Street, Beaufain Street, Lynch Street, Queen Street, and Rutledge Street. Plat 3 shows numerous city blocks, "School Land," and a large creek near the Ashley River. Other streets on Plat 3 include Beaufain Street, Wentworth Street, Montague Street, Bull Street, and Pitt Street. Plat 4 shows a similar stretch of land to Plat 3. Plat 5 shows features a lot on Beaufain Street. Plat 6 shows a lot and buildings located near the intersection of King Street and Hutson Street.
Page 41 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows land between Mount Street and Congress Street, and between a private street and "CITY LANDS Potter's Field." Plat 2 shows lots near Chestnut Street and near Spring Street, Ashton Street, Always Street, Lilly Street, and Pine Street. It also shows a few bodies of water. Plat 3 shows lots near Meeting Street's intersections with Market Alley, and State House Alley. It also labels a court house, the Treasury and Guard House, and St. Michael's Church. Plat 4 shows a stretch of land near President Street, Logan Street, Pinckney Street, Fishburne Street, Mount Street, Congress Street, and shows bodies of water and highlands. Plat 5 shows lots and buildings near the intersection Church Street and Water Street.
Page 49 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows land on the Cooper River. Plat 2 shows land located near Broad Street's intersections with Gadsden Street and Lynch Street, and a stream labelled "Comings Creek." Plat 3 shows wharfs and buildings along the Cooper River and near Champney Street. Plat 4 shows wharves and other structures between East Bay Street and the Cooper River. Plat 5 shows land near South Bay Street's intersections with Meeting Street and Church Street, including a lot labelled "Battery Garden" and a structure labelled "Bathing House."
Page 33 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows land located near Mount Street's intersections with "Payne late Legare Street," Larne Court, and "Rutledge late Pinckney Street," including a stretch labelled "Flat Land." Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of Beaufain Street and King Street. Plat 3 shows lots located on "Council or New Street," near Gibbes Street, Smith Street, Beaufain Street, Tradd Street, New Street, and Savage Street. Plat 4 shows lots located along South Bay Street, between King Street and Meeting Street. Plat 5 shows lots, buildings, and structures located near the intersection of Line Street and Nassau Street.
Page 16 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots close to the Ashley River located near Tradd Street and Gibbes Street, including a marsh flat labelled as "City Lands." Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of Tradd Street and Council Street, including "City marshlands." Plat 3 shows lots located near Gibbes Street and South Bay Street, and includes a dotted line labelled "Low Water Mark." Plat 4 shows land located between Ellery Street and Old Church Street, including a stretch of Raper Street. Plat 5 shows land near the intersection of South Bay Street and "Legare or Johnson Street," and close to the "Low Water" of the Ashley River.
Page 21 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows land between Broad Street and Tradd Street, and Logan Street and New Street, including a sizable portion labelled "Middletons Lots." Plat 2 shows a lot on Broad Street and its buildings. Plat 3 shows lots located near Rutledge Street, Queen Street, Beaufain Street, and Smith Street, and some "City marshlands." Plat 4 shows plots located near Rutledge Street, Beaufain Street, Queen Street, and Smith Street. Plat 5 shows a lot and buildings located near the intersection of Queen Street and Mazyck Street. Plat 6 shows lots of land located on King Street, including one labelled "Unitarian Church."
Page 19 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Pitt Street and Bull Street. Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Meeting Street and Reid Street. Plat 3 shows lots between King Street and Congress Street, also located near Grove Street and Moultrie Street. Plat 4 shows a lot on Amen Street labelled "Thomas N. Gadsen Esq." and noting multiple brick buildings. Plat 5 shows lots located on Cumberland Street. Plat 6 shows lots located on Amen Street and two two-story brick buildings.
The Robert F.W.Allston Memorandum Book covers the years 1848 and 1849, documenting payments made by Robert Allston, a record of cattle on Waverly, Nightingale Hall and Matanza (later known as Chicora Wood) Plantations and mentions of enslaved people who are referenced by first name. The book also includes loose papers and newspaper clippings on politics, the electoral college and a written statement surrounding the different views over slavery between the northern and southern states.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Marchand Ennery, Chief Rabbi of France. Lithograph by Hermann Raunheim. With Hebrew text of Psalm 119:15 : I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.
Caricature of Jewish participation in the National Guard during the Revolutions of 1848. In German, the text reads : --"Wai! -- A Wai der Feind kümmt! -- A Wai! Se thün auch scheißsen!" In English, the text reads : --"Vey! -- Oy vey the enemy is coming! -- Oy, vey! They are shooting too!"
Black-and-white lithograph depicting a Jewish peddler and Gabriel Riesser, member of the Frankfurt Parliament, discussing the "imperial wig." In German, the text reads: --Jude: "Dau sehe Se ä Mohl! Herr Docter, ebbes Rores a blonde Perück die ganz allan steht." --Dr: "Nun was nützt die alte Scharteke?" --Jude: "Verzeihe Se Herr Dr. Sie is noch kan 40 Johr alt und hot uns sehr genützt." In English, the text reads : --Jew: "Now, look at Mohl! Doctor, it's a rare thing to see a blond wig standing on its own." --Dr.: "Now, of what use is old thing?"-- Jew: "Forgive me, Doctor. It's not even 40 years old and has been very useful for us." The text references Moriz Mohl who, at the Frankfurt Parliament, argued against legal equality for Jews. Printed Frankfurt am Main: Lith. Anst. V. Ed. Gust. May.
