Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity, Series No.2. No.153, Main aisle of St. Michael's Church, showing fissures and upheavals.'
Berkeley County, St. Stephen's Church, ca. 1767. Detail View of plaque bearing mason's name (Wm. Axson) and Freemason symbol, East (Rear) elevation (located above central window). 4" x 5" B/W photo.
6 Glebe Street, St. Philip's Parsonage House (Bishop Robert Smith House), ca. 1770. Detail View of entry stairs, South (Front) elevation. 4" x 5" B/W photo.
275 Meeting Street, Trinity Methodist Church, ca. 1848. Interior View - Detail of cornice at intersection of ceiling and ceiling cove. 4" x 5" B/W photo.
Caption: 'Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity. Taken after the 31st of August, 1886. No.81, Flinn's Church.' Handwritten notation next to it and at bottom, front: '2nd Presbyterian Church.'
126 Coming Street, Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, ca. 1816. Cemetery - Johnson mausoleum. Detail View of entablature and column cap detail, South (Front) elevation. 4" x 5" B/W photo.
136 Church Street, French Protestant (Huguenot) Church, ca. 1844. Detail View of wrought iron gate and fence, West (Front) elevation. 4" x 5" B/W photo.
Berkeley County, St. Stephen's Church, ca. 1767. Detail View of plaque bearing architect/builder's name (A. Howard), South (Side) elevation (located at SE corner). 4" x 5" B/W photo.
The Daniel Huger Receipt Book, 1812-1819, is a bound book documenting the receipts by various employees of Daniel Huger and Charleston merchants he frequented. Receipts include the payments made to buyers of enslaved people, money sent for subscriptions to newspapers and to the Charleston Library Society, the American Revolution Society, and churches. Other receipts include money for advertisements and political campaigns, employee wages, tuition money for his daughters and funeral expenses and memorials following the death of his son, Daniel Huger Jr.
A copy of a petition to parliament titled "The Great Grievances and Oppression of James Child" in which the writer discusses "illegal rates" that were falsely presented as "repairs for the church" in Amersham. James Child and others refused to pay resulting in financial charges from the Ecclesiastical Church. The petition goes on to discuss charters for Amersham, James Child's imprisonment over his refusal to deliver an "Exemplification," and James Child being forced to abscond and sell his estate to pay off his debts. The second half discusses the various finances and property that James Child is giving to his son Isaac Child in South Carolina. Makes notations regarding Strawberry Plantation and Mepkin Plantation.
A sketch titled "A Glimpse of Charleston and Bay, from the Tower of St. Michael's Church" by Harry Fenn from Appleton's Journal of Literature, Science, and Art. The work depicts an African American man standing in the tower of St. Michael's Church and holding a broom, overlooking the Charleston Harbor.
