Year Book, City of Charleston, S.C.: 1886

Book

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Year Book, City of Charleston, S.C.: 1886

Entry/Object ID

2005.003.0088

Secondary Title

Year Book 1886: City of Charleston, So. Ca. City of Charleston Yearbook 1886 1886 City Yearbook

Description

Contains Mayor Courtenay's Annual Review and reports from: Treasury Department; Reports of Assessor; Report of Sheriff; Report of Corporation Counsel; Street Department; Department of Health; Department of Charities; Department of Police; Pleasure Grounds; The Port of Charleston; Education in Charleston; Mortuary (L.A. Frampton, John Hanckel, Wilmot G. DeSaussure, Anthony P. Pelzer, Charles U. Shepard, Henry D. Lesesne, Arthur M. Manigault, J.H. Thiele); The Mayor's Resignation: Mayor Courtenay's's Letter of Resignation - the Action of the City Council"; Acts of the General Assembly of South Carolina and Ordinances of the City of Charleston. Appendix "A Relation of the Voyage of the Colonists, who Sailed from the Thames, in August 1669, via Kinsale, Ireland and Barbadoes, visiting Port Royall and Finally Settling on Ashley River, where they Founded Charles Town"; "The Parish Church of St. Michael in Charles Town, in the Province of South Carolina"; "Interesting Private Letters, Written by Carolinians in the Last Century" (Thomas Heyward letter, Arthur Middleton, Thomas Lynch, William Henry Drayton, Thomas Bee, R.A. Izard); "A Descriptive Narrative of the Earthquake of August 31, 1886, with Notes of Scientific Investigations, and Map of the Epicentral Region." Includes the following illustrations: The Earliest Map of Carolina, made by order of the Lords Proprietors, 1672. Map of the Improved Part of Carolina, with the settlements down to 1715. Map Showing Epicenter Region of Earthquake, 31 August 1886. Court House--Earthquake Views. Residence of Mr. Ravenel, East Battery, Earthquake Views. Old U.S. Courthouse, Earthquake Views. Residence of Mr. William Sinkler, Tradd Street, Earthquake Views. Collapsed Building in Rear of U.S. Post Office, Earthquake Views. Ruins of Three Large Buildings, Hayne Street, Earthquake Views. Medical College, Ruins of Portico. St. Michael's Church, Earthquake Views. Schultz Residence, Summerville, Earthquake Views. Geyser near Ten Mile Hill, Showing Erupted Sand, Earthquake Views. Fissure Near Ashley River, Earthquake Views. xii, 450 p., 11 leaves of plates, 3 folded maps : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2005.003.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2005)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Municipal government--South Carolina--Charleston--Periodicals, Charleston (S.C.) Office of the Mayor, Charleston (S.C.)--History, Charleston (S.C.)--Politics and government, Yearbooks

Book Details

Author

City of Charleston

Publisher

Walker, Evans & Cogswell

Place Published

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Call No.

JS13 .C33 1886

Notes

Date: [1886 or 1887] Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Shelf

Books

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Several pages have separated from the binding and are loose, including one of the fold-out maps. Handle w/ care!

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.009.003, 2004.009.004, 2004.009.005, 2004.009.006, 2005.003.0089, 2005.003.0090, 2005.003.0091, 2005.003.0093, 2005.003.0095, 2005.003.0097, 2005.003.0098, 2005.012.2, 2007.002.0038, 2012.017.12, 2013.023.1, 2013.023.2, 2013.023.3, 2013.023.4, 2013.023.5, 2013.023.6, 2013.023.7, 2013.023.8, 2015.013.1, 2015.013.10, 2015.013.11, 2015.013.12, 2015.013.2, 2015.013.3, 2015.013.4, 2015.013.5, 2015.013.6, 2015.013.7, 2015.013.8, 2015.013.9

General Notes

Note

Notes: Includes index. Includes listing of City Government officials. "With the compliments of Wm. A. Courtenay, Mayor." J.L. Tobias written on cover page.

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Create Date

April 15, 2005

Updated By

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Update Date

March 30, 2023