A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1884. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix.
Papers include vouchers, receipts, and business letters (1884-1921) of Riley's foundry and machine works, political letters (1895-1903), and letters concerning the Hibernian Society (1896). Also includes a copy of the specifications (1894) of labor and material to be used in repairs to the U.S. Custom House, Charleston, S.C.
A list of items under the name of "Annie Bonnell." The other side is an account of medical visitations under the name "Mr. Sam Oliver" with associated figures in dollars.
Page 195 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows land located near King Street, Congress Street, and Moultrie Street. Plat 2 shows land located near the intersection of King Street and Simons Street. Plat 3 shows land located near Hassel Street and Pinckney Street. Plat 3 also shows marshland, reclaimed land, several dams, the "Cemetery of the City of Charleston." Plat 4 shows lots located between King Street and Congress Street, and between Moultrie Street and King Street. Plat 5 features lots between Drake Street and America Street, along Cooper Street.
Page 178 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located on and near King Street, near the intersection with "Shepheard" Street. Plat 2 shows lots located on and near Spring Street, King Street, and Meeting Street. Plat 3 shows lots and a building located near the intersection of King Street and Sheppard Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on a city block between Cooper Street and Lee Street, and between Aiken Street and America Street. One lot is labelled "Baptist Church Lot." Plat 5 shows Cooper Street, Aiken Street, Lee Street, and America Street.
Page 166 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of Columbus Street and Meeting Street. Plat 2 features lots located along Moultrie Street, between Meeting Street and Russel Street. Plat 2 also shows King Street and Hampton Street. Plat 3 shows lots located between Meeting Street and a line labeled "South Carolina R. R. Company," near Romney Street, Addison Street, and Poinsett Street. Plat 4 shows a lot located on the north side of Amherst Street. Plat 5 shows lots located near the intersection of Bay Street and Blake Street.
Page 167 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between Meeting Street and a line labelled "So. Ca. R. R." Plat 2 shows lots located between Moultrie Street and Line Street, and between America Street and Meeting Street. Plat 2 also shows lots between Hampton Street and Moultrie Street, West of Meeting Street.
Page 168 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with one plat. The plat shows lots located between Hanover Street and Meeting Street, including the intersection of Cedar Street and Nassau Street.
Page 160 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows a stretch of Mazyck Street, near its intersections with Queen Street and Short Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located on and near Reid Street, between Drake Street and Bay Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located between Nassau Street and Meeting Street, and between Stewart Street and Johnson Street.
Page 154 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots and structures located between Radcliffe Street and Warren Street, near where they intersect with Coming Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located between Thomas Street and Smith Street. Plat 3 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of St. Philips Street and Vanderhorst Street. Plat 3 also includes labels reading "Kitchen building," and "Lot of the Irish Volunteers."
Page 120 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with five plats, labelled two through six. Plat 2 shows lots and buildings located near Cumberland Street, between Church Street and Philadelphia Street. Plat 3 shows lots located near the intersection Pinckney Street and Anson Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located on Hasell Street. Plat 5 shows lots and buildings along East Bay Street. Plat 6 shows lots and structures located between wharf street and the Cooper River.
Page 113 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 features "Shoal and Channel lots" located south of Tradd Street. Plat 1 also shows Gibbes Street, Council Street, two labels reading "ASHLEY RIVER EMBANKMENT," a line marking the edge of high land, a line marking the low water, and a line marking the edge of the channel. Plat 2 shows lots along New Street.
Page 115 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows land located near Broad Street, Short Street, Franklin Street, and Queen Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located on King Street. Plat 3 shows lots and structures located on Franklin Street. Plat 4 shows lots and structures located on Queen Street.
Page 99 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows land located near Meeting Street, between Williams Street and Semmes Street. Plat 1 also shows Nassau Street, Romney Street, some marshland, and New Market Creek. Plat 2 shows a lot with two structures located on Laurel Street. Plat 3 features lots located between Congress Street and Gadsden Street, near Pinckney Street. Plat 4 features lots located along Mount Street, between President Street and Payne Street.
Page 101 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between Washington Street and Wharf Street, and between Calhoun Street and Laurens Street. Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of Rutledge Avenue and Line Street, with several buildings labelled.
Page 98 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots between King Street and Meeting Street, including a stretch of railroad track and some marshlands. Plat 2 shows lots located near Rutledge Avenue. Plat 3 shows land located near a public road, showing a creek labelled "into Ashley," and stretches of marshland.
Page 94 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots and marshlands located near Meeting Street, and also shows King Street. Plat 2 features lots located between Meeting Street and a strip labelled "South Carolina R.R. Company." Plat 2 also shows Romney Street and Poinsett Street.
Page 95 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between Mount Street and Congress Street, and between Rutledge Street and Payne Street. Plat 2 features lots near Meeting Street, and shows a stretch of low ground. Plat 3 shows lots located near Mount Street, Payne Street, and Lowndes Court. Plat 4 shows lots located on Fishburne Street.
Page 96 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with two plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between King Street and Congress Street, and also shows Pinckney Street, Huger Street, and Moultrie Street. Plat 2 shows lots located near the intersection of Payne Street and Line Street, and also shows Kennedy Street.
Page 40 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with three plats. Plat 1 shows lots located between Laurence Street and Boundary Street, and Anson Street and the Charleston Harbor on the Cooper River. Plat 1 also shows East Bay Street, Washington Street, Concord Street, several wharfs, marshland, and a label reading "Mazyck Borough." Plat 2 shows lots on Simmons Street, between King Street and a stretch of marshland. Plat 3 shows lots of land between New Street and Logan Street, and several buildings.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Zechariah in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the August 12, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "When 'honest men' fall out, thieves have to suffer."
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of cantor and composer Salomon Sulzer. Published in the March 15, 1884, edition of the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Color maps of ancient and modern Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature by William Smith, published Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish woman from Tangier. After a painting by Jean-François Portaels. Published in the May 1884 edition of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of an etched portrait of well-known Jewish peddler Mordechai Löb (1745-1817) of Schlüchtern, known as the "Preusje von Schlüchtern." Original etching by Ludwig Emil Grimm. Published in the September 20, 1884, edition of Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt und Illustrationen.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the entrance to the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction tefillin (phylacteries). From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Caricature by Frederick Burr Opper published in the November 19, 1884, edition of Puck. The caption reads : "Probable effect of this announcement upon timid people who think they resemble him."
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting soferim. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Color lithograph including depictions of Jewish men, women, and children from Algiers. Lithograph by Friedrich Hottenroth. Printed Stuttgart: M. Seeger. From Trachten, Haus-, Feld- und Kriegsgeräthschaften der Völker alter und neuer Zeit, Volume 1, by Friedrich Hottenroth, published Stuttgart: Gustav Weise.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tomb of Absalom, Tomb of Benei Hezir, and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white wood engraving of a Jewish man from Cairo. Engraving after an illustration by Ismael Gentz. From Egypt : descriptive, historical, and picturesque, Volume 2, by Georg Ebers, published London: Cassell & Company.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of financier and philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore. Published in the October 25, 1884, edition of The Daily Graphic, on the ocassion of his 100th birthday.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the vestments of a Jewish priest and high priest. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting the miter of a Jewish high priest. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the Tombs of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. From A dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, natural history and literature... by William Smith, published Philadelphia: Porter and Coates.
