Volume Three in the Cote Bas and Mepkin Plantations Collection is a Southern Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1870 repurposed as a journal by Peter Gourdin. Entries include planting, farming and irrigation information from Cote Bas and Mepkin Plantations. Other entries concern rice, cotton, payments made for goods and services, social activities and clippings on various topics such as the Union Reform Party and voting for freedmen.
Joseph Walker Barnwell, Gottingen, Germany, writes to unknown family member discussing the current political situations among the countries of Europe, including England, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary and Russia.
The John Ravenel Estate Book contains an inventory and appraisement of the estate of John Ravenel, deceased. Found in the volume are the accounts of John Ravenel with Alfred F. Ravenel, executor, accounts of St. Julien Ravenel, Alfred Ford Ravenel, born 1822, Alfred Ford Ravenel, born 1857, R.N. Gourdin, M.A. Pringle, Mrs. Frances E.H. Frost, Miss E.P. Huger, and Francis G. Ravenel. Other entries refer to stocks and bonds, a store on East Bay Street in Charleston, South Carolina, a house and lot on the Battery in Charleston as well as slaves mentioned by name. The names of the slaves are listed as: Alick, David and William.
Letter from Joseph H. M. Chumaciero, KKBE minister, to the Board of Trustees regarding the pending visit of Reverend Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise to Charleston.
Page 48 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between Smith Street and King Street, and Radcliffe Street and Vanderhorst Street, including stretches of Thomas Street, Coming Street, St. Philip Street, and King Street. Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near the intersection of King Street and South Bay Street. Plat 3 shows land near the intersection between Congress Street and Legare Street, and includes stretches of Hayne Street, Mount Street, and President Street. Plat 3 also shows some land labelled "City Land Potters Field." Plat 4 shows lots and a set of buildings located near Broad Street and Savage Street. Plat 5 shows lots and some buildings located on Gadsden 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.
Page 205 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows "Lots in the Village of Rikersville," and shows Mechanics Street, 21 acres of marsh, a building labelled "Car Factory," a building labelled "Machinery," a building labelled "Wheat Mill," a canal, and a pond. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located between Pinckney Street and Market Street. Plat 2 also shows Hayne Street, Guignard Street, Church Street, Anson Street, Rafer's Alley, East Bay Street, a building labelled "Cotton Press," a park, and a building labelled "The Market."
Page 63 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 features wharves located near East Bay Street, and shows several docks and buildings. Plat 2 shows wharfs shows a wharf and several buildings located near East Bay Street. Plat 3 features a wharf located near East Bay Street and shows multiple buildings and docks. Plat 4 features a wharf located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River channel, and also shows several buildings. Plat 5 shows lots located on and near Market Street, between East Bay and Concord Street. Plat 6 features a wharf located between East Bay Street and the Cooper River, and also shows several buildings.
Page 67 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 features three lots located on Meeting Street, with stores and yards labelled. Plat 2 shows a stretch of land near the Ashley River, and the intersection of Calhoun and Lucas Street. Plat 2 also shows a large building labelled "West Point Rice Mill" and a stretch labelled "Mill Pond."
Page 22 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots located near the Charleston Harbor, Concord Street, Pinckney Street, and Pritchard Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of Concord Street and Pinckney Street, including a single-story building, a wharf, and a label reading "City property leased." Plat 3 shows a lot on Broad Street labelled "Lot of David McCredie." Plat 4 Shows lots located near Park Street, and between Shepherd Street and Line Street. Plat 5 shows lots near the intersection of Broad Street and Gadsden's Alley labelled with the names of banks.
Hand-colored wood engraving of a hunchbacked Jewish man, Jaapje Blok, who hires himself out as a lectern at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Wood engraving by Henricus Adrianus (Henri) Bogaerts. Published in De katholieke illustratie : zondags-lektuur voor het katholieke Nederlandsche volk.
Black-and-white illustration of two men described as "Twee Vrienden van den Prins" ("two friends of the prince"). The accompanying story entitled "Modern Zeden" ("modern mores") describes two moneylenders, pictured here, and a prince who gives into their demands in order to receive money from them. Published in Asmodée: geillustreerde almanak.
Page 124 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat features several lots and structures located on and near King Street, with one labelled "Theatre Lot."
Color lithograph of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover. Drawn and lithographed by Castell. Lithograph printed and published Hannover: Artist. Anstalt von Bühring, Pinther & Curtze.
Page 73 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with six plats. Plat 1 shows lots and some buildings located near the intersection of Chapel Street and Alexander Street. Plat 2 shows lots located near King Street's intersections with Radcliffe Street, Vanderhorst Street, Hutson Street, John Street, and Ann Street. The plat also shows Meeting Street, the Mall, and a body of water. Plat 3 shows lots, structures, and marshland located near the intersection of Coming Street and Smith Street. Plat 4 shows lots and some buildings located near John Street, between King Street and a some "Rail Road Land." Plat 5 shows lots located near King Street, between Tobacco Street and Calhoun Street. Plat 6 features a stretch of land between King Street and Meeting Street, along John Street's north side and near Radcliffe Street. The plat also shows a feature labelled "Ravine."
Page 27 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots located on Broad Street, between the intersections with East Bay Street and State Street. Plat 2 shows lots on Chapel Street. Plat 3 shows lots near Savage Street and Tradd Street. Plat 4 shows lots on Savage Street. Plat 5 shows lots near the intersection of Broad Street and East Bay Street.
Page 25 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots and buildings near Guignard Street, located between East Bay Street and "Rapers Ally." Plat 2 shows lots located near Cumming Street, between Shepherd Street and Line Street.
Black-and-white illustration of two men outside the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with the text of their humorous conversation printed beneath. One man is updating the other man on his life since they last saw each other. He has married a coquettish woman, who brought a lot of money to the marriage. The person to whom he entrusted the funds ran off with the money--which is for the best, because his wife ran off with the man. Published in Asmodée: geillustreerde almanak.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting searching for leaven on the eve of Passover. From the article "Passover observances" published in the September 1, 1870, edition of The Sunday Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Central Synagogue on Great Portland Street in London. Published in the May 14, 1870, edition of The Illustrated London News.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Central Synagogue on Great Portland Street in London, on the occasion of its consecration. Published in the May 14, 1870, edition of Harper's Weekly.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover. Published in the January 22, 1870, edition of L'Univers illustré.
Hand-colored engraved map of Palestine, with an inset map of Jerusalem. Drawn and engraved by William H. Gamble. From Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc., embraced in sixty-three quarto maps, forming a series of one hundred maps and plans, together with valuable statistical tables by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, published Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr.
Black-and-white wood engraving accompanying the article The Festival of the Jewish Sabbath by Charles Hole, published in the April 1, 1870, edition of The Sunday Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Great Synagogue of Stockholm. Published in the October 2, 1870, edition of llustreret Tidende.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Central Synagogue on Great Portland Street in London, on the occasion of its consecration. Published in the May 14, 1870, edition of Harper's Weekly.
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