Charleston [excerpt from Peculiarities of American Cities]

Name/Title

"Charleston" [excerpt from Peculiarities of American Cities"]

Entry/Object ID

2013.002.103

Description

Chapter 6 from the book. Describes the author's first visit to Charleston: The jail yard -- Bombardment of the city -- Roper Hospital -- Charleston during the War -- Secession of South Carolina -- Attack and surrender of Fort Sumter -- Blockade of the harbor -- Great Fire of 1861 -- Capitulation in 1865 -- First settlement of the city -- Battles of the Revolution -- Nullification Act-- John C. Calhoun -- Population of the city -- commerce and manufactures -- Charleston Harbor -- "American Venice" -- Battery -- Streets, public buildings and churches -- Scenery about Charleston -- Railways and steamship lines -- An ancient church -- Magnolia Cemetery -- Drives near the city -- Charleston purified by fire. Includes illustrations of View on the Battery, Garden at Mount Pleasant, Custom House, and Magnolia Cemetery. p. 107-120, [4] leaves of plates : ill.

Collection

Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/Dissertations

Acquisition

Accession

2013.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2013)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Article

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Charleston (S.C.)--Description and travel, Charleston (S.C.)--History

Publication Details

Author

Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905

Publisher

Hubbard Brothers

Place Published

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Date Published

1885

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

P374

Location

Location

Shelf

Books-Pamphlets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Captain Willard Glazier.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 13, 2013

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

February 3, 2016