1862, 1885, 1850, 1815, 1866, 1873, 1830, 1833, and 1787
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Page 60 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with eight plats. Plat 1 shows lots near East Bay Street, and the intersection of Washington Street and Inspection Street. Plat 2 shows lots and a building located near Market Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between Washington Street and Marsh Street, and between Inspection Street and Calhoun Street. Plat 4 shows plots located on Market Street with a dotted line labeled "Line of Street proposed by the City." Plat 5 shows plots and structures located near East Bay Street. Plat 6 shows lots located near the intersection of Concord Street and Inspection Street. Plat 7 shows lots located near the intersection of Pinckney Street and East Bay Street. Plat 8 shows a dock and wharf on the Cooper River.
Page 63 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 features wharves located near East Bay Street, and shows several docks and buildings. Plat 2 shows wharfs shows a wharf and several buildings located near East Bay Street. Plat 3 features a wharf located near East Bay Street and shows multiple buildings and docks. Plat 4 features a wharf located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River channel, and also shows several buildings. Plat 5 shows lots located on and near Market Street, between East Bay and Concord Street. Plat 6 features a wharf located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River, and also shows several buildings.
Black-and-white engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. After a drawying by Luigi Mayer. From A series of twenty-four views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, published London: R. Bowyer & M. Parkes.
The Henry Ravenel Crop Book, 1809-1832 is a book divided into two separate sections that also includes loose notes found within the book. The first section records the names and ages of the enslaved children born on the plantation and the names of their parents. The second half of the book, which appears upside down as the book was flipped for a new section, records the weather conditions, crop farming and the tasks completed by the slaves. The loose papers record the names of the enslaved people, slaves divided and allotted to Henry, Thomas, Rene and William Ravenel, the number of male and female slaves and a note to sell a family of slaves with their names and ages.
The Henry Ravenel Account Book, 1822-1833 is a book kept by Henry Ravenel documenting the purchases of goods by enslaved people as well as accounts of various members of the Dubon and Porcher families for personal goods.
Black-and-white engraving of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. After a drawing by Luigi Mayer. From A series of twenty-four views illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, published London: R. Bowyer & M. Parkes.
Hand-colored lithograph of a merchant from Kaluga with his wife shown in both summer and winter clothes. From Vollständige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen aller Nationen by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche.
Chair made by slaves from Ridgley Plantation near Florence, South Carolina. The chair is made with mortise and tenon joints reinforced with square nails. The seat is of animal skin. Evidence that the legs of the chair have been shortened indicates that it was a slave's chair. Slaves were not permitted to sit higher than the master or his children.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish women from Algiers. Lithograph printed Paris: E. Ardit. From Atlas de l’aperçu historique, statistique et topographique sur l’état d’Alger : a l’usage de l’ármée expéditionnaire d’Afrique, published Paris: Ch. Picquet.
Color offset print reproduction of the original location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Elm Street. After a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis. Text originally published in The New-York Mirror.
