A document transcription of dialogue between a "Mr. Learned" and Dr. Franz Joseph Gall on phrenology, a pseudoscience primarily focused on measurements of the human skull, based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain areas have localized, specific functions or modules.
A history of the Harleston family discussing their voyage from England to South Carolina, their first plantation called Irishtown, other plantations throughout the years, the Coming relatives and dates of birth and death for family members.
Loose pages from "A Peep into the Past" which was also published in The Evening News in 1852. These pages discuss Sally Brailsford, the granddaughter of Madame Brailsford and niece of Mr. Waring. Topics include her admirer, the family's property occupied by squatters, a brief history of Col. William Scott, the Waring family's genealogy traced back to 1067, "the era of the conquest," a letter to William Waring from Thomas Waring of Kilkenny dated 16th of April 1725 on Waring genealogy, and history of the Brailsford family.
Miscellaneous Inventories, 1813-1817, is a bound volume kept by or for a member of the Ball family. The volume includes inventories of furniture, kitchen ware, clothing, and other household decorations such as candlesticks, bookcases, shades, looking glasses and crockery. The volume also includes a list of enslaved men, women and children divided by families.
