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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. 218. Note of Bond between Frank Myers and James B. Heyward -- October 1, 1864

218. Note of Bond between Frank Myers and James B. Heyward -- October 1, 1864

Date:: 1864-10-01
Description:: Note of Bond between Frank Myers and James B. Heyward. The bond, dated March 13, 1963, is at the center of a dispute between Myers and Heyward over the use of Confederate Treasury notes to pay for Heyward's rental of Myers' trust property. 1p.

10. 351. Madame Baptiste to Bp Patrick Lynch -- March 10, 1864

351. Madame Baptiste to Bp Patrick Lynch -- March 10, 1864

Date:: 1864-03-10
Description:: Madame Baptiste writes to Bishop Patrick Lynch about their anniversaries as Bishop and Mother Superior and wonders if the Bishop is "as tired of superiority as I am!" She also writes of a local murder in Columbia and a visit to the convent by the wife of "pirate Semmes." March 10, 1864. 8p.