A document describing the selling of twenty-five slaves referred to as "Gang of 25 Sea Island Cotton and Rice Negroes" at Ryan's Mart in Charleston, South Carolina. Makes notation regarding the names of the slaves as well as their age, work and any injuries they have. The names of the enslaved men are listed as Abram, Aleck, Cudjoe, James, John, Richard, Squash, Thomas age six, Thomas age twenty-eight. The names of the enslaved women are Hannah age thirty-four, Hannah age sixty, Mary Ann, Judy, Nancy and Phyllis. The names of the enslaved children are Caroline, Daniel age nine, Daniel age twelve, Daphne, Delia, Hannah age two months, James and John, Louisa, Margaret, Richard, Simon, Thomas and Will.
The Evening News in 1852 discusses "Georgia Sarsaparilla" and it's effects on diseases of the liver and blood, the southern medical establishment, rates of gold, and an article titled "From a Peep into the Past." This article discusses the history behind Beaufain Street in Charleston, various burial sites, the first preaching to take place in the White Meeting House in 1690, the division of burial grounds for the "reception of master and slave," the first parsonage in 1698, and the "great gale" in 1752 where people died, and an enslaved man was clinging to a tree and rescued. Also includes are the histories of the Ball, Coming and Harleston families.
Letter from Edward Barnwell to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, describing his recent hair cut and noting the creation of a committee at South Carolina College to investigate the quality of food on campus. ca. 1852.
The Thomas Wright Bacot Jr. Estate Book is written by Robert Dewar Bacot between 1851-1854, following the death of Thomas W. Bacot in 1851. Acting as administrator for the estate, the book includes notices for demands against the estate, appraisals for items and belongings, including an enslaved woman named Nancy, and a written statement regarding the distribution of Thomas Bacot's shares to other members of the Bacot family.
Mezzotint of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire. Engraving by George Zobel after a painting by Kempf. London: Published February 4, 1852, by Messrs. Jones & Co., 1 Blomfield Rd. Maida Hill.
