Page 118 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures on East Bay Street. Plat 2 shows lots along Meeting Street. Plat 3 shows lots located near the intersection of Inspection Street and Marsh Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures along Anson Street, between George Street and Boundary Street.
Page 127 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows lots and wharves, including Accommodation Wharf and Brown's Wharf. Plat 2 shows structures on Anson Street. Plat 3 shows lots located near the intersection of Pinckney Street and Anson Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on and near Gadsden Street, between Pinckney Street and King Street.
A bill of sale to Sarah Marie Drayton for the purchase of five slaves from the estate of Mrs. Ann D. Perry. James W. Gray, the commisioner of the Court of Equity facilitated the sale. The sale includes the guarantee to the purchaser of "the future issue of the Females"--meaning any future children will be the property of the purchaser. The back of the document includes several worn statements regarding the legality of the sale.
Minutes from a governmental committee regarding the teaching of Christianity to slaves. Consists of answers to questions asked of prominent slave owners throughout the state. There is a focus on the oral education of slaves as well as a white presence in any black congregation to ensure the slaves did not organize any retaliatory actions. Focuses on the demographics of the Christian slave population. Originally bound in v. 22 of the Thomas Smith Grimke pamphlet collection.
A bill of sale to Thomas S. Grimke for the purchase of a slave boy named Agrissa from Sarah Marie Drayton. The back of the document includes a signed statement, possibly from an attorney, verifying the legality of the bill of sale.
Page 130 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots located on a city block between Meeting Street and Scarborough Street and between Boundary Street and George Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located on East Bay Street. Plat 3 shows lots located on the Cooper River channel of the Charleston Harbor, near Concord Street and Wharf Street.
A bill of sale to Thomas S. Grimke for the purchase of a slave named August from Francis Giraud, who is described as "sound sober and no runaway." The back of the form includes a signed statement by attorney John Ward regarding the bill of sale.
Page 151 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on and near Anson Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located between Coming Street and the Ashley River Channel, and between Elliott Street and Mill Creek. The plat also shows 50 acres of marsh, several bodies of water, Boundary Street, Pinckney Street, Cannon Street, and President Street.
