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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Caption: 'First and last review of the First Regiment, South Carolina Negro Volunteers, on Hilton Head, S.C., under Colonel Fessenden, U.S.A., June 25th, 1862.'
Political cartoon, caption: 'King Jeff the First. "Let them burn! Let the women and children suffer! I'm bound to keep warm!"' [full date January 4, 1862.]
Caption: 'The Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. Finbar, and surrounding buildings, S.C., as it appeared after the late conflagration.' [full date November 1, 1862.]
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.
Caption: 'Birds-eye view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, showing the approaches of our gun-boats and our army.--[see page 431.]' [full date July 5, 1862.]
Caption: 'Captain Knapp's Battery engaging the Confederates at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9th, 1862--this battery fired the first and last shot.'
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.
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
Caption: 'Negroes escaping from Beaufort, S.C., with plunder from the abandoned residences of their masters, stopped by U.S. Gunboat Seneca.--from a sketch by our Special Artist with the Great Naval Expedition.--see page 70.'
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.
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.]
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
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.
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.
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 engraved portrait of journalist and editor Levy Emanuel Cohen. Engraving by Thomas Vernon after a painting by Edward Daniel Leahy. Published Brighton: Thomas Page.
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.
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.
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 a Jewish man from Poland, described of a "Polish Jew of rank." From the article "Poland over-ground and under-ground" by John Ross Browne, published in the November 1862 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Jewish men from Poland. From the article "Poland over-ground and under-ground" by John Ross Browne, published in the November 1862 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
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.
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