A report from the mayor, city council and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1885. The Year Book opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix recounting the history of Charleston.
Letter to the members of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church- here abbreviated under its original name, the German Evangelical Lutheran Church- from the Building Committee, detailing repairs to the church after suffering hurricane ("cyclone") storm damage totaling $3,627, which in the committee's view should be raised by church members.