Page 2 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows the intersections of Guignard Street with East Bay Street and "Raper's Alley," and features a building labelled "Old Mansion Ruins." Plat 2 shows the intersection of East Bay Street and Market Street near the "Charleston Harbour on the Cooper River," and features plans to expand Market Street. Plat 3 features a stretch of land from the end of Rose Alley to the Cooper River, labelled as "Union Warf No. 1." Plat 4 features the same stretch of land as Plat 2 with slightly more land to the north. Plat 5 features the intersections of Tradd Street with Legare Street and Friend Street.
Page 4 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with seven plats. Plat 1 features East Bay Street, Pinckney Street, Concord Street, and lots labelled "Burnt District." Plat 2 features lots on King Street. Plat 3 shows several lots on East Bay Street near the intersections with Pritchard Street and Hard Alley. Plat 4 shows three lots on East Bay Street. Plat 5 features lots at the intersection of East Bay Street and Hasell Street. Plat 5 shows a stretch of Queen Street including the intersections with Archdale Street and Friend Street, and includes a plat labelled "Catholic Church." Plat 7 shows plots of land on the intersection of Tradd Street and Meeting Street.
The Dr. Andrew Hasell Day Book, 1840-1850, records the names of patients, which plantation they live on, illnesses or injuries, and monetary charges for medical treatments by Dr. Andrew Hasell. Patients consist of many Georgetown County families and their enslaved persons. Medical treatments include amputations, tooth extractions, diagnoses of rheumatic diseases and treatment of bone fractures.
The Baptism Book for Enslaved People at Walworth and Leamington Plantations, 1848-1853, is a record of enslaved men, women and children who were baptized under officiating ministers Rev. William Dehon and Rev. Christopher D. Gadsden. The book also makes notations regarding enslaved persons who were dead upon receiving baptism. The last two pages are entries about the enslaved persons who underwent the rite of confirmation.
A list of items purchased by Thomas Wright Bacot before his death.The reverse side encloses that the account was paid in full by the R.D.Administration.
Copy of a plat of land containing 200 acres situated near Godfrey Savana in St. Bartholomew’s Parish. Names associated with this plat include Edward Fenwick, Egerton Leigh, John Brown, Hugh Crawford, John McQueen, Owen Bowen and Thomas Jones. Notable geographic locations include Godfrey's Savana [Savannah].
Fragments and narratives describing cities visited, often with notations re principal industries, amusements, transportation, etc. Cities visited include Paris, Ghent, Frankfurt, London, Liverpool, Sheffield, & Birmingham.
The John Ball Memo Book, 1850-1851, is a bound volume listing crops at Hyde Park Plantation and the Villa as well as miscellaneous accounts for corking a dock, grass for cows, seeds for the garden, blue denim cloth, tobacco, ticking, shoes, molasses, tea and other household items. Also included is a list of men defaulting on militia duty and patrol service for January, March and April of 1851.
Letter from Edward Barnwell to sister, Elizabeth Barnwell, discussing news from South Carolina College. Barnwell reports a recent fire in the school chapel that he helped extinguish and describes his participation in a serenade of female students at the Barhamville Academy. 1850.
