Page 220 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows lots extending from the Ashley River, past Lucas Street. The plat also shows Doughty Street, Calhoun Street, President Street, U. S. Arsenal Square, and several structures.
Page 80 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows a plan for developing a stretch of land from the Ashley River towards President Street and Lucas Street, with a few lots and structures further east. The plat also shows a lot labelled "U. S. Arsenal Square," and a mill on the Ashley River.
Page 20 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots and buildings located near the Cooper River, Warf Street, and Concord Street, including a rice mill and a lot labelled "Atlantic Steam Packet Company." Plat 2 shows a city block between State Street and East Bay Street, and Market Street and Cumberland Street.
The Robert F.W. Allston Account Book, 1853-1855, records the numerous payments, receipts, debts and purchases and yearly crop information for Chicora Wood, Waverly and Nightingale Hall Plantations. Also included in the book are sections on births, deaths and marriages for enslaved people, writing down the first name of the men and women who married.
Medical bill from Dr. Andrew Hasell to Joseph Allston at Waverly Plantation. The bill includes names of the enslaved persons treated, their illness or injury, medicine and cost of treatment.
Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 6, No. 32. In German, the text reads : --"Seid ich doch endlich gekimmen aufs rechte Mittel die alte Oelbilder aufzufrischen, es gaiht nichts über de schwarze Seif un de Pottasch, man krigt se damit rein bis auf de Grund." In English, the text reads : --"Ever since I finally came upon the correct agent for restoring these old oil paintings, nothing can beat the black soap and the potash. One can get them clean with it down to the base."