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1. (Fire) Engine House, No.1

(Fire) Engine House, No.1
Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Series No.2. No.161, Engine House No.1. Chalmers Street.'

2. 119 Meeting Street

119 Meeting Street
Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.139, 119 Meeting Street, front.'

3. 119 Meeting Street

119 Meeting Street
Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.140, 119 Meeting Street, rear.'

4. The Diary of Charles Drayton I, 1799-1805

The Diary of Charles Drayton I, 1799-1805
Date:
image/jpeg
Description:
This plantation diary includes day-to-day management of Drayton plantations, (particularly Drayton Hall and Jehossee), focusing on crops, livestock, labor, and the movement of these between estates. Includes details on the unsatisfactory work of overseers, marriage of Charlotte Drayton, building of a new barn and slave houses, slave deaths from snake/spider bites and lightning strikes.

5. 21 King Street

21 King Street
Date:
1886
Description:
Charleston Earthquake scene. Sign at bottom of image: 'Mr. August Melm's room, 21 King Street.' Also, written on front, at bottom: 'Earthquake - Charleston S.C. 1886.' Charleston city directory for 1886 lists August Melm, a local attorney, as boarding at 21 King Street.

6. 25 Legare Street

25 Legare Street
Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.92, No.25 Legare Street.'

7. 26 East Battery, C.H. Drayton residence

26 East Battery, C.H. Drayton residence
Date:
1886
Description:
Charleston Earthquake scene. Written on reverse: 'Residence of C.H. Drayton. 26 East Battery. S.W. corner of Atlantic. 1886 Earthquake.'

8. 3 Meeting Street

3 Meeting Street
Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.113, No.3 Meeting Street.'

9. (Fire) Engine House, No.5

(Fire) Engine House, No.5
Date:
1886
Description:
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.35, No.5 Engine House.'

10. Accomodation Wharf

Accomodation Wharf
Date:
1886
Description:
Charleston Earthquake scene. Possibly from Cook's Earthquake views, No.157, scene near Accomodation Wharf. Written on front, at bottom: 'Charleston Earthquake Scene - ruins on Accomodation Wharf.' Charleston city directory for 1886 lists Accomodation Wharf as opposite 176 East Bay Street.