Willis writes from the Confederate Army of the Potomac, two miles from the Chickahominy River, on the privations of camp [though he is accompanied by a slave, Paris], and the expectation of a large scale engagement. He is spiritied by news of Stonewall Jackson's successes.
Willis writes from the centre of the Army of Richmond of the loses of the 5th and 6th South Carolina Regiments, skirmishes around camp and his concern for James Island, his family and the location of their slaves
Page 159 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on East Bay Street, between Hasell Street and Cumberland Street. Plat 2 features a lot located on King Street, between Hudson Street and Tobacco Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between State Street and East Bay Street, located near their intersections with Market Street. Plat 4 shows lots located along "Horlbecks Alley," between King Street and Meeting Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on Short Street, between Mazyck Street and Franklin Street.
Page 160 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows a stretch of Mazyck Street, near its intersections with Queen Street and Short Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located on and near Reid Street, between Drake Street and Bay Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located between Nassau Street and Meeting Street, and between Stewart Street and Johnson Street.
Page 163 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on Friend Street, near its intersections with Queen Street, Broad Street, and an unlabeled street. Plat 2 shows lots located on King Street, near where it intersects with Broad Street.
Diary of Magdalen Elizabeth Wilkinson Keith for the years 1862-1865. Includes mostly day to day affairs and gossip, with occassional references to the War - particularly in early 1865.
Page 229 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 features lots located on Queen Street, near its intersections with Mazyck Street, Friend Street, King Street, and Meeting Street. Plat 2 features lots located between Sans Souci Street and Simons Street, and between Rutledge Avenue and King Street.
Page 222 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located along East Bay Street, between Hasell Street and an unlabeled street. Plat 1 also shows Pritchard Street, Pinckney Street, Guignard Street, and Market Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located between Church Street and land owned by the Dry Dock Company. Plat 2 also shows Hayne Street, Anson Street, Guignard Street, and East Bay Street.
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Page 60 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eight plats. Plat 1 shows lots near East Bay Street, and the intersection of Washington Street and Inspection Street. Plat 2 shows lots and a building located near Market Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between Washington Street and Marsh Street, and between Inspection Street and Calhoun Street. Plat 4 shows plots located on Market Street with a dotted line labeled "Line of Street proposed by the City." Plat 5 shows plots and structures located near East Bay Street. Plat 6 shows lots located near the intersection of Concord Street and Inspection Street. Plat 7 shows lots located near the intersection of Pinckney Street and East Bay Street. Plat 8 shows a dock and wharf on the Cooper River.
Page 39 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots and some buildings along East Bay Street, between the intersections with Hassell Street and Cumberland Street. Plat 2 shows lots and some buildings located between Line Street and Shepherd Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between Queen Street and Magazine Street. Plat 4 features a lot and its buildings on King Street. Plat 5 features a lot at the intersection of East Bay Street and Rose Lane.
This undated letter was written by John R. Beaty while in Confederate military service in Georgetown District, South Carolina to his wife (Melvina) in Conwayborough, South Carolina. The letter contains his prediction of what is going to happen militarily in that part of coastal South Carolina within the next 20 days. The letter was written in late 1861 or early 1862.
The Robert W. Allston 1862 Journal consists of entries discussing accounts, prices of items, land papers and a task performed by the enslaved persons Sawney, Mathias and Scipio.
Records chiefly consist of membership rolls for volunteer fire companies of Charleston (S.C.) including the Eagle Fire Engine Company, the Charleston Fire Engine Co., the Vigilant Fire Engine Co., Marion Fire Co., Aetna Fire Co., Washington Fire Co., Hope Fire Co., Charleston Fire Company of Axemen, Palmetto Fire Co., German Fire Co., and the Phoenix Fire Company. Also included is a printed blank form that certifies the bearer is an active firefighter and therefore exempt from Confederate military service. Printed on the certificate are two images of fire engines.
Partial note, possibly from Robert Woodward Barnwell, to unknown recounting a recent unnamed battle. The author writes "such a sight as that field of slain I never dreamed of." ca. 1862.
List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 8, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925
Black-and-white wood engraving of of gravestones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. Wood engraving after an illustration by Robert Aßmus. Published in Die Gartenlaube, Heft 45, 1862.
Black-and-white lithograph with views of the Old New Synagogue, Klausen Synagogue, and Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. Lithograph printed and published Prague: W. Popelik. From Alterthümer der Prager Josefstadt : israelitischer Friedhof, Alt-Neu-Schule und andere Synagogen by Benedikt Foges and David J. Podiebrad.
Black-and-white illustration of the interior of the Altschul (Old Shul), the oldest synagogue in Prague. The synagogue was torn down in 1867, and the Spanish Synagogue was built on the site in 1868. From Alterthümer der Prager Josefstadt : israelitischer Friedhof, Alt-Neu-Schule und andere Synagogen by Benedikt Foges and David J. Podiebrad.
Pewter slave badge produced for a servant in Charleston, S.C. It was common to counterfeit badges to avoid paying taxes, and this particular one was not issued by the city, but created in the stamped year. The face is stamped "Charleston 1862 Servant #4." Back side contains no markings.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of journalist and editor Levy Emanuel Cohen. Engraving by Thomas Vernon after a painting by Edward Daniel Leahy. Published Brighton: Thomas Page.
A stereo image of African American enslaved people picking cotton in a field with two overseers on horseback. "Copyright 1892, by B. W. Kilburn" printed on the side of the image.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by Ludwig Thümling (also Louis Thümling) after a photograph by Hermann Krone. Published Darmstadt: G. G. Lange.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by Ludwig Thümling (also Louis Thümling) after a photograph by Hermann Krone. Published Darmstadt: G. G. Lange.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by Ludwig Thümling (also Louis Thümling) after a photograph by Hermann Krone. Published Darmstadt: G. G. Lange.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue) in Stuttgart. Published in Freya : illustrirte Blätter für die gebildete Welt.
Color engraving depicting the Binding of Isaac, as described in Genesis 22:12. Engraving by Albert Henry Payne after a painting by François-Nicolas-Augustin Feyen-Perrin. From The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments; with notes by the Rev. J. Brown; and extracts from the best biblical authors; revised and edited by the Rev. H. Philip; with a family register and fifty-seven coloured engravings, published London: James Hagger; Leipzig and Dresden: A. H. Payne.
Caption: 'The Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. Finbar, and surrounding buildings, S.C., as it appeared after the late conflagration.' [full date November 1, 1862.]
Caption: 'The tower and side aisle of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. Finbar, Charleston, S.C., as it appeared after the Great Fire, 1862.' [full date November 1, 1862.]
![053. Willis Keith to Anna Bella Keith -- [Sept?] 22, 1862.](https://rspace.library.cofc.edu/iiif/image/24936/full/200,/0/default.jpg)
