Date: 1864 / Media Type: Manuscripts - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Date 1864 ✖ Media Type Manuscripts ✖ Date Range (beta) 1850 to 1899 ✖

1. 007. Virginia to Stanna -- [Unknown month] 29, 1864

007. Virginia to Stanna -- [Unknown month] 29, 1864

Date:: 1864
Description:: A letter in which Virginia [possibly Virginia Wilkinson Belin] laments the recent deaths of several acquantances, and hopes for the war to end.

2. 099. Kate Ferguson to F.R. Barker -- January 11th (ca. 1864)

099. Kate Ferguson to F.R. Barker -- January 11th (ca. 1864)

Date:: 1864
Description:: Kate Ferguson, wife of Samuel Wragg Ferguson, writes to her husband's godmother. This undated letter was apparently written after Samuel Ferguson's promotion to brigadier general in the Confederate army. She relates how "Ferguson's command is now resting from his last terrible raid" and that "Capt Nugent and William Barker have not yet returned from Deer Creek." 4p.

3. Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 4 [Copy 1]

Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 4 [Copy 1]

Date:: 1864
Description:: List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 4, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. See Copy 2 for some additional information missing in this copy. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925

4. Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 7 [Copy 1]

Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 7 [Copy 1]

Date:: 1864
Description:: List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 7, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. This copy is missing one name due to a tear in the page, but the information is available in the second copy. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925

5. Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Hook & Ladder Co. [Copy 1]

Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Hook & Ladder Co. [Copy 1]

Date:: 1864
Description:: List of volunteer firefighters of the city's Hook and Ladder Company, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925

6. Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 5 [Copy 1]

Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 5 [Copy 1]

Date:: 1864
Description:: List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 5, including their names, ages, description, and occupation. This copy does not include the firefighters' street of residence. See Copy 2. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925

7. Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 6 [Copy 1]

Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 6 [Copy 1]

Date:: 1864
Description:: List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 6, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925

8. Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 9 [Copy 1]

Descriptive List of Free Negroes Belonging to City Engine No. 9 [Copy 1]

Date:: 1864
Description:: List of volunteer firefighters of city engine number 9, including their names, ages, description, occupation, and residence. Donated to the Charleston Museum by Charles Pequette, 1925

9. 334. John Lynch to Bp Patrick Lynch -- 1864

334. John Lynch to Bp Patrick Lynch -- 1864

Date:: 1864
Description:: Letter from John Lynch to Bishop Patrick Lynch detailing the departure of one of the Bishop's overseers and the transfer of slaves among the plantations, and attempts by John to rent out one of the Bishop's properties. 1864. 2p.

10. 335. Anna Lynch to Bp Patrick Lynch -- 1864

335. Anna Lynch to Bp Patrick Lynch -- 1864

Date:: 1864
Description:: Anna Lynch writes to Bishop Patrick Lynch asking him to save her some "blue satinet" in order to make an overcoat for their father. She mentions a fatal explosion in the arsenal in Charleston and their mother's intention to accompany the Bishop on his "foreign trip.” 1864. 2p.