A copy of a letter to Eliza Laurens from an unidentified writer inquiring if she wishes to renew her late husband's contract with the Commissioners of Public Roads to repair Mepkin causeway and bridge.
A letter from Eliza Laurens at Mepkin Plantation to Mr. Simons and Mr. Ball discussing her desire to have Mepkin bridge repaired and sending her overseer with orders for the repairs.
A letter to Eliza Laurens from an unidentified writer discussing the dangerous state of Mepkin bridge, the beginning of repairs and the writer's desire to have Eliza Laurens assist.
A letter from John Ball in Charleston to Nicholas Harleston discussing Ball missing a visit from Harleston concerning Ball's son and Harleston's daughter.
A list, created for tax purposes, of clothes and blankets given to 156 enslaved persons at Point and Friendfield Plantation. Makes notations on specific jobs of enslaved persons.
A letter from overseer John Jacob Ischudy to John Ball in Charleston discussing the rectory, a move to "pine-land," Dublin bringing "Old Bobbel" to the rectory, a complaint of dysentery, the work of "Friday & his wife," a situation concerning the purchase of butter from Comingtee Plantation and Mrs. Ischudy's concerns over " a gathering in one of her breast."
Page 66 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with fourteen plats. Plat 1 features buildings located near the intersection of King Street and Clifford Street. Plat 2 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of "Comings Street" and Wentworth Street. Plat 3 shows a lot and structures located on Pitt Street. Plat 4 shows lots located on a city block between Smith Street and Pitt Street, and between Montague Street and Wentworth Street. Plat 5 shows lots located on a city block between Montague Street and Wentworth Street, and between South Street and Rutledge Street. Plat 6 features a lot located near the intersection of "Comings Street" and Montague Street. Plat 7 shows lots and some structures located near the intersection of Bull Street and Coming Street. Plat 8 shows a lot and buildings located on Bull Street. Plat 9 Shows lots located near the intersection of Smith Street and Boundary Street. Plat 10 shows lots located on a city block between Lynch Street and Rutledge Street, and between Bull Street and Montague Street. Plat 11 shows lots and structures located near the intersection of Pitt Street and Bull Street. Plat 12 is features a lot located at the intersection of Pitt Street and Bull Street. Plat 13 Features lots located near the intersection of Bull Street and Lynch Street. Plat 14 shows lots located on Queen Street.
Page 34 of the City Engineer's Plat Book with four plats. Plat 1 shows lots located on South Bay Street. Plat 2 shows land located between Beaufain Street and Queen Street, near Smith Street, Wilson Street, and Franklin Street. Plat 3 shows lots located near Beaufain Street's intersections with Pitt Street and Wilson Street. Plat 4 features a lot and its buildings located on Meeting Street.
The Theodore Louis Gourdin Estate Record consists of accounts and inventories for Murray's Ferry, Red Clay, and other Williamsburg County Plantations written by estate executor Theodore Gourdin. The volume includes appraisements, inventories, and financial accounts for these plantations as well as records the names of the enslaved people on the properties.
This journal contains detailed records of all the slaves on the Plantation in 1828. It shows the names of the slaves and their respective occupations on the plantation. It also goes on to detail the increases and decreases of the slaves, which were by birth or death. The births have details of the mother's name and the child's name. The document also gives a detailed list of the livestock on the farm, including the cattle, sheep, horses and pigs.
Nathaniel Russell Middleton was a student (B.A. 1828; M.A. 1832), trustee and president (1857-1880) of the College of Charleston. The address, "An Oration on the Fourth of July" was delivered to fellow students in 1828. 7 pages.
A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke writes that he hasn't heard from his father regarding Drayton-Grimke's debts and that he will end up in a debtor's prison if they are not paid.
A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke acknowledges the receipt of his father's "kind letter" and describes his daily routine of studies at Yale.
A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke writes about his aspiration to become valedictorian and requests that his father send several school books.
A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke writes about traveling to New York and getting into (financial?) trouble.
