A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1884. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix.
Papers include vouchers, receipts, and business letters (1884-1921) of Riley's foundry and machine works, political letters (1895-1903), and letters concerning the Hibernian Society (1896). Also includes a copy of the specifications (1894) of labor and material to be used in repairs to the U.S. Custom House, Charleston, S.C.
A list of items under the name of "Annie Bonnell." The other side is an account of medical visitations under the name "Mr. Sam Oliver" with associated figures in dollars.
Page 168 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows lots located between Hanover Street and Meeting Street, including the intersection of Cedar Street and Nassau Street.
Page 96 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between King Street and Congress Street, and also shows Pinckney Street, Huger Street, and Moultrie Street. Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of Payne Street and Line Street, and also shows Kennedy Street.
Page 98 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots between King Street and Meeting Street, including a stretch of railroad track and some marshlands. Plat 2 shows lots located near Rutledge Avenue. Plat 3 shows land located near a public road, showing a creek labelled "into Ashley," and stretches of marshland.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Color maps of ancient and modern Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature by William Smith, published Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of cantor and composer Salomon Sulzer. Published in the March 15, 1884, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.