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.
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.
Hand-colored engraving depicting a Jewish woman and a Jewish merchant from Algiers. Engraving by Andreas Geiger. From the series Costume Bild zur Theaterzeitung. Published Vienna: Burea der allgem. Theaterz.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the interior of the Old New Synagogue in Prague. Engraving after an original by Wilhelm Kandler. Published Prague: I. L. Kober.
The pamphlet contains the Public Proceedings Relating to Calvary Church. The appendix contains the reports of the sub-committees and the written replies from those interrogated. The discourse stresses the role of paternalism in the treatment and teaching of the gospel to enslaved peoples. Many of the questions included in the interrogation refers to the modes employed when 'communicating religious instruction' to enslaved peoples. Originally bound in v. 22 of the Thomas Smith Grimke pamphlet collection.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the synagogue in Kassel. Engraving by Georg Michael Kurz after a drawing by Ludwig Rohbock. Published Darmstadt: G.G. Lange.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the synagogue in Kassel. Engraving by Georg Michael Kurz after a drawing by Ludwig Rohbock. Published Darmstadt: G.G. Lange.
Carte de visite of Charles Sumner sitting with a cane in hand. On the back is written 'Gift From J.A. Baker'. An original envelope accompanies the photo.
Sheet music for "Oh fatherland dearest! : the song of a Jewish maiden," words by Charles Jefferys; music by Stephen Glover, published London: C. Jefferys.
Black-and-white steel engraving of landmarks in Mannheim, including the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue). Engraving by C. Rorich & Sohn. Published Zurich: Verlag v. J. H. Locher.
This sermon, preached in several of the Protestant Episcopal Churches in Charleston, in November and December 1849, was authored by Paul Trapier, Minister of Calvary Church. The speech charges the members of the congregation with living a life of mission in sharing the gospel with those enslaved to their care.
