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Scrapbook from summer of 1909 at Tranquiltiy Cottage, on Sullivan's Island, SC.
Handwritten and illustrated advertisements created by guests for election held July 31, 1909, for superlatives among ladies and gentlemen.
Guests included: DuBose…

Early 19th century cound original plans of the architect Robert Mills entitled "Designs for an Episcopal Church to be erected on Johns Island near Charleston S.C." Includes 6 watercolors of the facade, floor plan, north and south elevations,…

Photograph shows two trees and a few men near a cabin or slave quarters, Elliot Plantation. Reverse reads "Live oak and palmetto trees at Elliott's Place, Hilton Head, S.C."

Photo shows a group of enslaved African Americans posed around a horse-drawn cart, with a building in the background, at the Cassina Point plantation of James Hopkinson on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Reverse reads "'Gwine to de Field,' Hopkinsons…

A freedman, several freewomen and many children in front of a cabin. A white man peeks through cabin door. Reverse labeled as "Live oak at Elliott's Hilton Head, S.C. The largest on the island or vicinity."

Group of emancipated enslaved people sitting in yard. With buildings visible in background. Reverse reads "Slaves of Reb. Gen. Thos. F. Drayton, Hilton Head, S.C."

Officers of the 3d New Hampshire Infantry in camp on Hilton Head Island. Reverse reads "Palmetto Tree, Emmons & Handersons Quarters, 3d N.H.V. Hilton Head, March 1862."

Photograph shows slaves working in the sweet potato fields on the Hopkinson plantation. Reverse reads "Sweet potato planting at Hopkinsons - Ediston Island, S.C. Apr. 1862. Donated by Peter Manigault through Warren Ripley."

Strawberry Chapel in Cordesville was originally a parochial chapel of ease built in 1725 to accomodate the townspeople of Childsbury who lived too far away from the original parish church, Biggin Church. A parochial church is given the rites of a…

St. Stephens Church in St. Stephens was started as a set off from St. James Church Santee in 1754. The original structure built on the 4.5 acre parcel of land was made of wood. This rare, small brick eighteenth-century parish church with its uniquely…