A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1882. The yearbook opens with an address from Mayor Courtenay followed by reports from various departments and an appendix recounting the history of Charleston.
Receipt book belonging to Mary Motte Alston Pringle containing recipes, methods and remedies for food, housekeeping, and medicine from family, friends, articles and world travelers. Pringle often notes on effectiveness and provides personal anecdotes. Pages numbered 74 through 97 in Pringle's book are blank and therefore omitted. The table of contents can be found at the end of the book.
This is the order book associated with the 4th South Carolina Regiment, which was established in November 1775 and formed part of the U.S. Continental Army between June 18, 1776 and January 1, 1781, when it was disbanded following the British capture of Charleston. It also contains orders relating to the 1st and 2nd South Carolina Regiments from September 15, 1775 onward, beginning with the capture of Fort Johnson. It discusses the allocation of men and material to various fortifications around the Charleston area, including Fort Sullivan, Fort Johnson, and the Grand Battery. The book accompanied Captain Barnard Elliott (d. 1778), who was reassigned from the 2nd to the 4th Regiment in November, 1775. Considerable reference is made to war plans, military discipline, including courts-martial, and camp life.
Handwritten notes from various meetings regarding the Affirmative Action Program, Cross Road Africa, the Urban Ministry Division of the Methodist Church, COBRA, Equal Treatment Committee, and various other matters.
Handwritten 1982-83 Roster of Officials of the Charleston, South Carolina Branch of the NAACP providing names, addresses, and telephone numbers for all Charleston Branch officials and committee members.
A commencement speech delivered by former Confederate general Edwin Warren Moïse to the graduating class of a school for girls. In the speech, he discusses gender roles and acceptable jobs for women. As career paths, he suggests women become cooks, tailors, gardeners, artists, stenographers, nurses, and doctors. He cites several notable female historical and contemporary figures as examples.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1897-1909. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships, the "Ottolengui Fund," the management of several real estate assets, the installation of electric lights in the synagogue, and the decision to discuss a reverend's conduct with him.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1909-1916. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships, and its search for a new minister. It also mentions replacing the cemetery fence with help from the "ladies."
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the three years spanning 1949, 1950, and 1951. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, R. Goodwyn Rhett, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1947. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, E. Edward Wehman, Jr., followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1946. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, E. Edward Wehman,??Jr., followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1945. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, E. Edward Wehman, Jr., followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1944. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, E. Edward Wehman, Jr., followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1948. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, William McG. Morrison, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1943. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Henry Lockwood, followed by reports from various departments.
Volume contains a chronological record (1855-1856) of the number of bushels, tolls, vessels on which the rice arrived, names of individuals (plantation owners), where the rice was stored (floor and "binn") and the marks used, the names of factors, the vessels on which rice was shipped, and other data. Mill accounts contain expenses for rice, drayage, coopers, carpenters, watchman, Negroes (hire), labor, salaries of various individuals, repairs, baskets and brooms, rice, cords of wood, poles, barrels, mill stones, wharf building, cart license, a butcher's bill, horses, insurance on rice, discount on a note, sales of rice, ironwork, sweep chimney, blacksmith work, and other expenses. Income is from cash received at mill, from various individuals for rice flour and rice, from freight and tolls on rice, from notes, and from other items. The Cannonsborough Mills, begun in 1825 by former Governor Thomas Bennett, included twenty-two pestles driven by steam and fourteen pestles run by tide power. Its property fronted Ashley River a third of a mile. In 1847 Bennett deeded the property to his son-in-law, Jonathan Lucas, III. The larger of the Cannonsborough mills burnt in February of 1860.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1942. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Henry W. Lockwood, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1941. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Henry W. Lockwood, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1940. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Henry W. Lockwood, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1937. ??The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Burnet R. Maybank, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1930. ??The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Thomas P. Stoney, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the years 1932-1935. ??The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Burnet R. Maybank, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1936. ??The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Burnet R. Maybank, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1911. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, R. Goodwyn Rhett, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, S.C. for the year 1938. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, Henry W. Lockwood, followed by reports from various departments.
A report from the mayor, city council, and various governmental departments of Charleston, South Carolina for the year 1912. The Year Book opens with an address from the mayor, John P. Grace, followed by reports from various departments
The Diary of Julius M. Bacot, 1886 contains daily diary entries discussing Julius Bacot's work as a lawyer, the weather, illness, and his social engagements with members of other Charleston families such as the Manigaults, Lowndes, Rhetts and Ravenels. Other entries talk about weddings, deaths, hunting trips, and property claims following the Civil War. The diary includes entries on the Protestant Episcopal Church Convention in which discussion formed around the admittance of African American ministers which was ultimately denied. Finally, Julius Bacot writes about the 1886 Charleston Earthquake in which he records the event as it happens and the damages, anxieties, aftershocks, and relief efforts following it.
In this ten-page, handwritten letter, Warren Hubert Moise writes about his uncle Theodore Sidney Moise (b. 1808), and his uncle’s family, offering recollections of each member of the family.
In this fifteen-page, handwritten letter, Warren Hubert Moise responds to questions his nephew Edwin Warren Moise (b. 1889) had asked in previous letters, expanding on the Moise family history.
In this six-page, handwritten letter Warren Hubert Moise writes to his nephew, Edwin Warren Moise (b. 1889), about a trip he took to Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. He also discusses his father, Edwin Warren Moise (b. 1810), whose death in 1868 left the family in financial distress.
This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of The South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for the year 1792. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corns, and potatoes), the maintenance of ditches and drains, slave records, complications with the hiring of an overseer, livestock, and business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation.
The Mouzon Plat Book surveys lands held by various individuals and families in Craven County [now in parts of Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, and Williamsburg counties], Colleton County and Berkeley County in South Carolina. Plats are drawn in pencil and ink. Book includes an index at the beginning and at the end are two pages of accounts and also lands to be resurveyed for the estate of Henry Mouzon Jr.
The Roslin Plantation journal, kept by Archibald Simpson Johnston, documented enslaved people and slave labor on an antebellum plantation for two years (1813-1815). The journal documents correspondence, equipment, planting and harvesting, livestock, slaves and supplies related to the plantation. There are detailed descriptions of tasks and number of enslaved people working each task, particularly tasks regarding growing cotton and rice and maintainining those fields.
1850-1859, 1870-1879, 1860-1869, 1840-1849, 1830-1839, and 1820-1829
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This is the plantation register by Mathurin Guerin Gibbs (1788-1849) for Rice Hope Plantation (January 1, 1824 to December 1844) and Jericho Plantation (December 1844 to 1875). Gibbs, a lawyer before becoming a planter, used the first several pages of the manuscript dating January 1824 to May 1829 for summarizing legal cases. The plantation register primarily documents daily labor activities on the plantation including cultivation and harvesting of staple crops such as corn, cotton (Sea Island Cotton and Santee black seed cotton), rice and potatoes, livestock, and building fences. Gibbes also writes about the use and management of slave labor, the movement of enslaved people between the plantation and Charleston, and selling and purchasing of enslaved people. Slave names are included in portions of the register. Gibbs notes throughout the register the struggles he encounters as a planter including being unable to pay the mortgage of Rice Hope Plantation and the property going into foreclosure. Most of the entries at the end of the register are regarding slave births, slave deaths and distribution of blankets. Gibbs died in 1849 and the management of the plantation was carried out by his son.
A cash book for Robert F.W. Allston for the years 1823-1843. The book includes account transactions conducted by Allston including payment of overseer wages, the hiring out of enslaved people, transportation, taxes, governesses, nurses, crops, sundries, and cloth distributed to slaves. This book also includes accounts between Allston and other individuals including the Estate of Charlotte A. Allston (primarily for the purchases of blankets, shoes, and cloth for enslaved people) and an account with Mary P. Jones. The last several pages of the book contain cash ledgers. Allston explicitly notes accounting related to Matanza Plantation, later known as Chicora Wood. Other account records do not explicitly state plantation sites.
Cashbook kept by Isaac Harby containing information for parents with children enrolled at Harby's Academy in Charleston, South Carolina. The cashbook includes notes on tuition fees and general expenses of the institution. The book tracks tuition and supply costs for students, and also mentions when students left the school.
This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of a South Carolina and Georgia almanac for the year 1798. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corn and potatoes), runaway slaves (including women and children), business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation, the hiring of Mrs. Taylor's bricklayers, illness, the weather, calculations, and the receipt of cypress planks from Plowden Weston.
This is a Sandy Island plantation journal written inside of the South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for the year 1797. The plantation journal documents the planting of crops (rice, corn and potatoes), slave records (including runaway slaves), accounts, the weather, and business relations with Laurel Hill Plantation.
Records chiefly consist of membership rolls for volunteer fire companies of Charleston (S.C.) including the Eagle Fire Engine Company, the Charleston Fire Engine Co., the Vigilant Fire Engine Co., Marion Fire Co., Aetna Fire Co., Washington Fire Co., Hope Fire Co., Charleston Fire Company of Axemen, Palmetto Fire Co., German Fire Co., and the Phoenix Fire Company. Also included is a printed blank form that certifies the bearer is an active firefighter and therefore exempt from Confederate military service. Printed on the certificate are two images of fire engines.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1916-1928. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships. The minutes also discuss supporting troops during World War I, as well as correspondences and meetings with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and preparations for the 100th Anniversary of the Reform Judaism in America.
Autograph Album belonging to Mary Hannah Levy. The album includes various newspaper clippings, handwritten poems, and handwritten notes from friends and family members.
Album belonging to Rachel H. Levy. The album includes various newspaper clippings, handwritten poems by Levy and others, as well as handwritten notes from friends and family members.
Album belonging to Elizabeth J. Levy. The album includes various newspaper clippings, handwritten poems by Levy and others, as well as handwritten notes from friends and family members.
Album belonging to Esther Eudora Ezekiel Hart. The album includes various handwritten poems, songs, and notes from friends and family members. The album also includes a number of transcribed portions of texts and quotations from various literary figures such as Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, and John Milton.
A newspaper clipping announcing an "Anniversary Meeting" of the Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina, to take place in Charleston on Chalmers Street at the "Depository." The clipping lists the elected officers of the Society.
A short letter from J.H. Stevens, Coroner, to John F. Grimke about the death of one of his female slaves, [named Benit?], who had previously escaped and ultimately died "of want."
Handwritten correspondence from Septima P. Clark to Bernice Robinson regarding a variety of issues local to Charleston, South Carolina and the Lowcountry.
A letter from an ill woman seeking financial aid from the St. Andrew's Society to pay her rent so that she can get her own place and not rely on the charity of her friend who took her in and cared for her.
A letter from an married woman requesting the financial aid of the St. Andrew's Society. It is followed by a note from three men, a minster and two elders, who are verifying that she remains unmarried to the best of their knowledge.
An accounting of a women petitioning St. Andrew's Society on behalf of her husband for a land grant of 400 acres. The accounting includes three men noting their recommendations she be granted the land and certifying her story.
A bill of sale to Sarah Marie Drayton for the purchase of five slaves from the estate of Mrs. Ann D. Perry. James W. Gray, the commisioner of the Court of Equity facilitated the sale. The sale includes the guarantee to the purchaser of "the future issue of the Females"--meaning any future children will be the property of the purchaser. The back of the document includes several worn statements regarding the legality of the sale.
Handritten letter from Alice Conroy to Septima P. Clark congratulating her on being awarded the H. Councill Trenholm Award, includes a photocopy of a newspaper article from the Miami Herald entitled, "Slave's Daughter Wins Award," dated June 29, 1976.
Letter from Thomas S. Grimke, President of the South Carolina Temperance Society, to William Gill, James Johnson, William Greu, and Isaac A. [Kerlark?], the committee of the Temperance Society of 'F' Company, 2nd Regiment of Artillery, stationed at Fort Moultrie, recommending that their organization receive auxiliary status within a soon-to-be-established state temperance society.
Handwritten letter discussing various family and financial issues. Copies to made and sent to Nathaniel Frazier, Rev. John Enwright, Peter Poinsette, Michael Graves, Herbert Fielding, and Lorene Poinsette.
A handwritten biography of Eugene C. Hunt, providing information on Hunt's education and teaching career. A short message from "Lillian" appears on the back of the biography, thanking Hunt for his talk at the Brown Fellowship.
A letter from Thomas S. Grimke to Philadelphia bookseller Thomas Kite, asking his opinion of Mr. Price, an attorney, but also giving details on military preparations and a fear of violence over the nullification issue in Charleston.
Handwritten sign-in sheet for the Charleston Branch of the NAACP Annual Branch Meeting held on December 14, 1989. Document incorrectly marks the year 1990.
A bill of sale to Sarah Marie Drayton for the purchase of four slaves named Flora, Shedrack, Mary-Ann, and Emma, from Susan S. Keith and Charles M. Furman.
Handwritten correspondence from William J. Hamilton, Jr. to William Saunders regarding Saunders's induction into the South Carolina Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame.
Correspondence from Lawrence O. Thompson to William Saunders regarding Saunders's induction into the South Carolina Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame.
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