This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of The South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for the year 1792. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corns, and potatoes), the maintenance of ditches and drains, slave records, complications with the hiring of an overseer, livestock, and business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation.
Page 12 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows plots near Coming Street, St. Phillip Street, King Street, Meeting Street, and Vanderhorst Street. Plat 2 Shows lots on Queen Street near the intersections with East Bay Street and Prioleau Street, has the label "Charleston Harbour Cooper River" on the right-hand margin.
Page 14 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows land between Bay Street and Church Street, including stretches of Tradd Street, Broad Street, and Queen Street.
Page 70 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots located near the intersection of "Broad Road" and George Street, with several buildings and bodies of water. Plat 2 shows a mill pond, marshlands, and structures located near the Ashley River.
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.
Page 58 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots between Broad Street and Short Street, near their intersections with Mazyck Street. Plat 2 features lots on Greenhill Street, Limehouse Street, and Tradd Street. Plat 2 also shows a line labelled "Edge of High Land." Plat 3 shows lots near Broad Street, including lots labelled "Hawens Square" and "Burying Ground." Plat 3 also shows structures labelled "Magazine" and "Work House." Plat 4 shows lots located on King Street. Plat 5 shows land located between Meeting Street and Lee Street, and a dotted line labelled "City Boundary." Plat 6 shows lots located between President Street and Norman Street.
A short letter from George Reid, Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati, to John F. Grimke regarding starting a society chapter in South Carolina. Reid notes that a meeting will be held at "William's Coffee House" to discuss the matter further.
Receipt book kept by Eliza L. Pinckney includes formulas for making medicines to treat croup, fever, dropsy, and other conditions; recipes for cheese cake, puddings, currant wine, orange marmalade, jelly, oyster soup, and other foods; instructions for preparing meats and rice, and preserving and pickling foods; and a formula "To make the hair grow."
Receipt issued by Roger Pinckney (via Algernon Wilson) for the purchase of a Pew in the North Aisle of Saint Philips Church. The pew had previously belonged to Francis Bramar.
A letter from Edward Simons in St. Thomas to John Ball in Charleston, South Carolina discussing a shipment of articles sent to John by Mr. Addison's boat and requesting that the enslaved persons Minus and Cromwell carry the articles upon arrival.
Published in 1782, the Tobler almanac for South Carolina and Georgia contains a Charleston City Directory and listing of the Charleston Board of Police in addition to weather forecasts, planting information, tide table, household remedies, and other folklore. The almanac is 32 pages long and contains one illustration concerning the anatomy of a man's body governed by the twelve constellations.
A letter written to John F. Grimke from Alexander Chisolm in Charleston, South Carolina. Chisolm commends Grimke for his "kind interference" in a business manner. Chisolm writes that he will make a payment on a debt presently.
A short note to John F. Grimke from Charleston's Sheriff[?], James Kennedy stating that a "Sugar House" on Broad Street is ready for the arrival of "Negroes" for incarceration.
A short note to John F. Grimke from Charleston's Sheriff[?], James Kennedy inviting the City Constables and the Seargeant with the City Guard to attend an execution.
A short letter written to John F. Grimke from Thomas Roper regreting to inform Grimke that he was unable to satisfy an inquiry regarding the General Election of 1784 due to a missing document.
876 acres of land west of Murray Road in St. John's Parish. Names associated with this plat are Chas Johnston, Ben Castell, William Simpson, Verth, and J.G. Wiare. Notable geographic locations include Wadboo Barony.
Plat of land of 64 acres laid out for Allard Belin situated on Sandy Island. Names associated with this plat are Allard Berlin, John Hardwick and D.T. Waring.
A letter from Ralph Izard invites Grimke to Scheveling Plantation, advises him to avoid Combahee ferry, and mentions the pox and children in quarantine.
