In this letter from Mary Wilkinson Memminger to her mother, Eleanora Wilkinson, Mary shares news from Charleston. She discusses two deaf-mute children who came to stay with her on their way to an institute in Hartford.
Letter from Virginia Wilkinson Belin to her mother. She talks of taking her daughters, Hess and Ginger (Jinny), to their cousin Johnny's birthday party, where there was iced cream and cake.
A letter from Mary Wilkinson Memminger to her mother. She mentions Stanna's [Anna Wilkinson's] trouble with her foot, and describes her daily afternoon ritual with her children, including sitting on the piazza and having tea. She also describes some health problems her daughter Ellen has been suffering.
Anna Wilkinson writes to her mother concerning her mother's offer to come stay with her during her illness. Anna says that she is welcome to stay with her, but that the room is warm so her mother may be more comfortable staying at her own house. She also mentions a way to use quicksilver to keep away bugs.
Page 107 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats, labelled 3 and 4. Plat 3 features a lot and buildings located on the intersection or Tradd Street and East Bay Street. Plat 4 shows lots located near Gibbes Street, Tradd Street, New Street, and Savage Street. Plat 4 also shows three lines, labelled "Edge of high land," "Low water by Parker," and "Edge of Channel by Purcell and Parker."
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.
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.
Page 16 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots close to the Ashley River located near Tradd Street and Gibbes Street, including a marsh flat labelled as "City Lands." Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of Tradd Street and Council Street, including "City marshlands." Plat 3 shows lots located near Gibbes Street and South Bay Street, and includes a dotted line labelled "Low Water Mark." Plat 4 shows land located between Ellery Street and Old Church Street, including a stretch of Raper Street. Plat 5 shows land near the intersection of South Bay Street and "Legare or Johnson Street," and close to the "Low Water" of the Ashley River.
Page 26 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 is a plan for a public square located near the intersection of Pinkney Street and Boundary Street, and shows a creek. Plat 2 features a lot located on the Ashley River channel and "Commings Creek," located near the intersections of Pinckney Street and Boundary Street, and Bull Street and Rutledge Street. Plat 2 also labels a pond, an island, and "Cannon's Point." Plat 3 shows lots located between Boundary Street and Bull Street, near the intersections with Barre Street, Gadsden Street, Lynch Street, Rutledge Street, Pitt Street, and "Comming Street."
Page 69 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eight plats. Plat 1 shows land located on either side of Burns Lane, and also shows George Street. Plat 2 features a lot and some buildings on George Street. Plat 3 features lots located on and near King Street, between Beaufain Street and Lynch Street. Plat 4 shows a city block located between Beaufain Street and Wentworth Street, and between Pitt Street and Kirkland Lane. Plat 5 shows lots and some buildings located near the intersection of Smith Street and Montague Street. Plat 6 shows lots on Coming Street, between Montague Street and Wentworth Street. Plat 8 shows lots and some buildings located on Pitt Street, including a lot labelled "The Brown Fellowship Society Cemetery."
