BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: THE SHRINES, EARLY HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY
Augusta, GA: Commercial Printing Co., (1926). 8vo. 32pp illus. Wraps. Very good. Promotional pamphlet. More
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Plan of the Siege of Charleston in S. Carolina
[Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1807]. Drawn by S. Lewis. Tanner, S[culp]. Engraved map, 10 x 15 inches, picturing the forts in various parts of the harbor, troop emplacements, and British ships and "boats" in several locations. Plate 10 from the atlas to Marshall's Life of George Washington. Phillips, p. 223. Folded..... More
A Comparison of the Relative Advantages and Disadvantages of Port Royal and the Site Selected Near Charleston, S.C., for a Navy Yard on the Southern Coast [caption title]
(Washington, DC): Byron S. Adams, printer, nd [1901]. First edition. 8vo. 38 pp. At head of front wrapper: Completed Brief (prepared by "Herbert & Micou, attorneys"). Continuing the argument for Port Royal as the better site. Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed green wrappers (sunned, some wear at extremities); Franklin..... More
ORATION ON THE COMPARATIV ELEMENTS AND DUTYS OF GRECIAN AND AMERICAN ELOQUENCE. DELIVERD BEFORE THE ERODELPHIAM SOCIETY OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY, AT OXFORD, OHIO; ON THE 23d OF SEPTEMBER, 1834: BEING THEIR NINTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WITH NOTES.
Cincinnati [OH]: Truman and Smith, 1834. 8vo.; 56, (2)pp. Pamphlet bound into plain red library buckram. Moderate soiling to title page; scattered foxing. More
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(Philadelphia): T.M, 1855]. Broadside, 8 x 6 inches. The title, five stanzas, and publication information within an ornamental border. Old stain in upper corner, else very good. First edition. A minstrel song in dialect "I'm off for Charleston a little while to stay, / Give my respects to ev'ry pretty..... More
Satisfying the curiosity of an unnamed correspondent as to the career of John Dawson in Charleston, in an autograph letter, signed by Porcher, from Charleston, August 15, 1873, to an unnamed correspondent
4to. Two pages, approximately 300 words, in part: “The chief magistrate of this city until about 1836 was called the Intendant … [in] 1806 John Dawson was elected [warden] from the thirteenth ward … the same year he was elected Intendant [serving until 1809] … In 1811 he became cashier..... More
Reiterating his reasons for resigning his command, in a 7-page letter, signed by Simons, Charleston, July 15, 1861, three months after the fall of the Charleston Harbor Fort in the opening salvos of the Civil War, to S.C. Governor F.W. Pickens, a manuscript draft copy with extensive corrections, deletions, and additions.
4to. 7 pages, approximately 1200 words in a completely legible hand, on lined stationery, with the embossed stamp of Evans and Cogswell, Charleston. Docketed on the verso of the final leaf "July 15 1861 / James Simons / to / Governor Pickens / Reply to Letter / of Gov. P...... More
An Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Religious and Moral Improvement among Seamen, in England and the United States, with a History of the Port Society of Charleston, S. C. Also, the annual reports of then chaplain, and of the trustees of the Sailor’s Home, made to the Charleston Port Society, at their anniversary meeting, 15th March, 1851.
Charleston, (SC): A. J. Burke, Printer, 1851. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. Turnbull III, p. 136. OCLC locates seven copies (Duke, Spartanburg County Public, South Carolina Historical Society, South Carolina, New York Historical Society, Clements, Princeton Theological). Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Very good. More
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