Page 207 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 is titled "The Plan of Charles Town With its Entrenchments and those made during the Siege by the English 1780," and shows Queen Street, Church Street, Tradd Street, King Street, Broad Street, the State House, the Market, the Arsenal, an "Old Church" and a "New Church." It also shows certain geographic features, including "Cummins Point," Cannons Point, and Hampstead Hill. Plat 2 has a label reading "This Map In every particular copied with a Pen from an Old Plat of Charles Town dated 1671 found in a Book of Plats of various parts of U.S.A. printed in London 1671." Plat 2 shows several geographic features such as rivers and islands, and features numerous illustrations. The largest illustration depicts two groups of people interacting from either side of a stream. Each group holds a single spear.
Petition of the Charleston parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael "and the adjacent parochial districts" to the Senate of South Carolina and its president, requests that the line of fortification erected across Charleston Neck "should be permanently preserved" and asks that the state consider purchasing "to a certain extent the lands on which these lines are erected." This statement follows attacks on neighboring states by the British army and warns of future wars, domestic or international, in which the fortification would prove valuable.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the interior of a sukkah during the celebration of Sukkot. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
The Continental Army Southern Department Records and Order Book is a bound volume written to keep records & orders for the Southern Department of the Continental Army. The book contains six different sections: 1. Rules for the Formation of Troops, 2. Journal of the Campaign to the Southward (General Robert Howe’s expedition into East Florida, May 9-June 14, 1778), 3. Orderly Book (August 24, 1778-May 10, 1780), 4. Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Held at Purisburgh (the court-martial trial of General John Ashe following the Battle of Brier Creek, March 13-16, 1779), 5. Journal of the Siege of Charles Town (March 28-May 12, 1780), and 6. Copies of Letters and Articles of Capitulation (correspondence between General Benjamin Lincoln and Sir Henry Clinton negotiating the surrender of Charleston, April 10-May 11, 1780). The volume also includes a technical drawing of a cannon, charts listing the number of Continental Army officers & soldiers stationed at various locations in South Carolina, and lists of Army officers with their dates of commission, resignation, and promotion. Locations mentioned include Fort Tonyn (Fl.), Fort Morris (Ga.), Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the Stono River, Half-Moon Battery, Hobcaw Neck, and the Horn Work in Charleston. Persons referenced include General Robert Howe, Georgia Governor John Houstoun, Samuel Elbert, Barnard Elliot, General William Moultrie, General John Ashe, General Benjamin Lincoln, Sir Henry Clinton, and Admiral Marriott Arbuthnot. A note at the front of the book states that most of “Rules for the Formation of Troops” and the entirety of “Journal of the Campaign to the Southward” were written by John F. Grimké, resident of Charleston and eventual deputy adjutant general for the Continental Army. The rest of the book is unattributed.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a masked ball on the occasion of Purim. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Pieter Wagenaar, Jr. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten, Volume 1, by William Hurd, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.
Black-and-white engraving depicting lifting the Torah at the Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.