A sermon delivered by Reverend John B. Adger in The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847. The speech stresses the master's caring for enslaved people, often quoting the New Testament and Old Testament. References to Jesus's compassion for the care and teaching of the poor. Stresses the role of paternalism in the treatment of enslaved peoples and teaching of the gospel. Originally bound in v. 22 of the Thomas Smith Grimke pamphlet collection.
A typescript recollection written by Eugenia Phillips, entitled, "A Southern Woman's Story of Her Imprisonment During the War of 1861 and 1862," October, 14, 1889. This recollection is written in regards to Phillips' imprisonment, first in Washington D.C. and later on Ship Island, M.S., during the Civil War. This recollection also includes Eugenia's comments on the beginnings of the Civil War, her treatment by the Union troops, traveling with her family, and her experience at the Union prison and detention center on Ship Island, M.S.
In this astronomical chart (front and back) Gibbes provides a diagram and the phases and calculations of a total lunar eclipse including the moon entering the Earth's shadow, total eclipse, middle of eclipse, end of eclipse and the moon leaving the Earth's shadow. On the back of the diagram Gibbes denotes that this chart was made for his classes at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.
Pencil sketches by Charleston-born architect William Martin Aiken. Primarily architectural elements from churches and museums and generally from Italy, though some are in England and France.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1888. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor George D. Bryan followed by reports from various departments.
