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Start Over Subject (Topic) Charleston Earthquake, S.C., 1886

2. 377. Fannie Heyward to her father -- September 27, 1886

Date:
1886-09-27
Description:
Letter from Fannie Heyward to her father (father-in-law?) asking him to send a recipe for "putting up butter for winter use." Fannie comments on aftershocks of the 1886 Charleston earthquake and writes that she is happy to hear "the Legare St. house pronounced safe." 4p. September 27, 1886.

3. Adger's Wharf

Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Series No.2. No.159, Storehouses Adger's Wharf.' Charleston city directory for 1886 lists Adger's Wharf as opposite Tradd Street on East Bay.

5. landslide on the Ashley

Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.148, Landslide on the Ashley.' Handwritten at bottom, front: 'Charleston Earthquake view - Land slide near Summerville, S.C.'

6. train wreck at Langley

Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Earthquake, August 31st, 1886. No.634, Wrecked at Langley. Aiken and Vicinity.'

7. Horse Creek near Augusta

Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Earthquake, August 31st, 1886. No.2, Cars to No.1. Horse Creek near Augusta. Aiken and Vicinity.'

8. Horse Creek near Augusta

Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Earthquake, August 31st, 1886. No.1, Engine of No.2. Horse Creek near Augusta. Aiken and Vicinity.'

9. chasm to left of South Carolina railroad

Date:
1886
Description:
Charleston Earthquake scene. Handwritten on reverse: '9 mile bottom - South Carolina railroad - chasm on left. Track was originally a tangent. Caused by earthquake, 1886. Track cut of line.'

10. Citadel Green

Date:
1886
Description:
Charleston Earthquake scene. Handwritten at bottom, front: 'Citadel Green. Erecting Tents.'