Small description of a 264 acre land, near Wappoo Creek, including land description. Names associated with this plat are John Schnerlie, Thomas S. Jones, and Edwin R. Dorrill. Notable geographic locations include the Ashley River, Wappoo Creek, Ashley Bridge Ferry Road, and Charleston District.
A newspaper clipping discussing the legislature of South Carolina specifically focusing on mortgages. Makes reference to the "property mortgage of one or more slaves."
A list of enslaved persons purchased in 1844. The names of the enslaved persons are Andrew, Betty, Ceely, Jack, Colonel, Chloe, Simon, Cain, Cudjoe, Cyrus, Mingo, Judy, Daphne, Samson, Amelia, Mary, William, Mary, Julian, Eliza, Nancy, Myra, and March.
This letter is from South Carolina governor James Henry Hammond giving instructions to Attorney General Henry Bailey on handling the crisis over the "Negro Seamen" act by carrying out the resolution of the state legislature to expel Samuel Hoar from the state.
Page 195 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows land located near King Street, Congress Street, and Moultrie Street. Plat 2 shows land located near the intersection of King Street and Simons Street. Plat 3 shows land located near Hassel Street and Pinckney Street. Plat 3 also shows marshland, reclaimed land, several dams, the "Cemetery of the City of Charleston." Plat 4 shows lots located between King Street and Congress Street, and between Moultrie Street and King Street. Plat 5 features lots between Drake Street and America Street, along Cooper Street.
Page 119 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows land located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River. Plat 1 also shows Trott Street, Hasell Street, Concord Street, and Pinckney Street. Plat 2 features Bennett's Rice and Lumber Mills, near East Bay Street. Plat 3 features a plot on East Bay Street. Plat 4 features lots and structures located near Church Street and Market Street, and shows a lot labelled "Gas Company." Plat 5 shows lots located near the intersection of East Bay Street and Lodge Alley.
Page 19 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Pitt Street and Bull Street. Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of Meeting Street and Reid Street. Plat 3 shows lots between King Street and Congress Street, also located near Grove Street and Moultrie Street. Plat 4 shows a lot on Amen Street labelled "Thomas N. Gadsen Esq." and noting multiple brick buildings. Plat 5 shows lots located on Cumberland Street. Plat 6 shows lots located on Amen Street and two two-story brick buildings.
A set of estate papers that includes a statement about a docket against H. Ball and Thomas Waring, a bill of sale between the estate of Thomas Waring and Robert F.W. Allston for enslaved persons named Paul, Miles, Elizabeth, Phillis and Toney, and a mortgage for the enslaved persons Paul, Miles, Elizabeth, Phillis, Toney, Katy, Morris, Josh, William and Castilio.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting the Jewish high priest at the Golden Altar of Incense. Engraving by Jacques Louis Constant Le Cerf after Lanvin. From Histoire de la Terre-Sainte depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours by abbé Martin, published Paris: Duménil.
Sheet music cover for "Juive et Chrétienne : duo pour 2 voix de femmes," words by Edouard Plouvier; music by Giuseppe Concone, published Paris: S. Richault.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Alexander the Great meeting the Jewish priests and high priest outside of Jerusalem. From A survey of the Holy Land; its geography, history, and destiny by J. T. Bannister, published Bath: Binns and Goodwin.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting the vestments of the Jewish high priest and priest. Engraving by Bosserodon after François Hippolyte Lalaisse. From Histoire de la Terre-Sainte depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours by abbé Martin, published Paris: Duménil.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the Hamburg Temple (Israelitischer Tempel) in the Poolstraße, which was inaugurated on September 5, 1844. Lithograph by Peter Suhr after a drawing by Carl Alexander Lill.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the New Synagogue at Great St. Helen's in London during the election of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler as Chief Rabbi. Published in the December 21, 1844, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white lithograph of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and the New Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam, below. From Geschiedkundige beschrijving der stad Amsterdam, Volume 1, by Cornelis van der Vijver.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exteriors of the New Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Geschiedkundige beschrijving der stad Amsterdam, Volume 1, by Cornelis van der Vijver.
Black-and-white lithographed caricature depicting the publication of the "Juif errant" in the Constitutionnel trying to pull the fat and immobile newspaper. Eugène Sue's Le Juif errant was published serially in the the newspaper Le Constitutionnel from June 25, 1844, to August 26, 1845. Caricature by Honoré Daumier. In French, the text reads : "Allons! en route, mon vieux, en route........ si moi je ne parviens pas à vous faire marcher c'est que décidément votre infirmité sera par trop constitutionnelle!..." In English, the text reads : "Come on, old man, let's go, come on! If I can't even make you walk, then your infirmity is really a constitutional problem..." Plate 103 of the series Actualités, published in the March 31, 1844, edition of Le Charivari. Printed by Aubert & Cie., published by Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish man from Russia at prayer. Lithograph printed by Imprimerie Lemercier after a drawing by Vasily Fiodorovitch (Georg Wilhelm) Timm. From Costumes russes, published by Daziaro, Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Black-and-white lithograph of the interior of the Hamburg Temple (Israelitischer Tempel) in the Poolstraße, which was inaugurated on September 5, 1844. Lithograph by Peter Suhr after a drawing by Carl Alexander Lill.
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish woman from Algiers. Engraving after Théophile Emmanuel Duverger. From Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde, d'après des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents by Auguste Wahlen, published Bruxelles: Librairie historique-artistique.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the Hamburg Temple (Israelitischer Tempel) in the Poolstraße, which was inaugurated on September 5, 1844. Lithograph by Heinrich Jessen. Published Hamburg: B. S. Berendsohn.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting the vestments of the Jewish high priest. Engraving by Bosserodon after François Hippolyte Lalaisse. From Histoire de la Terre-Sainte depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours by abbé Martin, published Paris: Duménil.
Black-and-white engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. Engraving by Edward Radclyffe after a drawing by Thomas Allom. From Syria, the Holy Land, & Asia Minor, Volume 3, by John Carne, published London: Fischer, Son & Co.
