Charleston (S.C.)

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a broadside announcing a speech by Congressman Oscar DePriest at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 6, 1931, at 8 PM. The broadside highlights DePriest’s historic significance as the only African American in Congress at the time, the first African American elected to Congress outside the South, and the first African American Congressman of the twentieth century.The text of the broadside praises...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of a single signed document dated June 8, 1865, from Charleston, South Carolina, granting Thomas M. Holmes permission to take possession of the property located at No. 62 Liberty Street. Issued on Holmes’s behalf, the order states that Holmes has paid the United States property taxes on the premises and instructs the current occupants to vacate by June 16, 1865. The document reflects the shifting property ownership and civil rights dynamics during the early...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter dated May 7, 1819, from Thomas Parker, the District Attorney of Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert Gilston, Collector of U.S. Revenue in New York. In the letter, Parker seeks information regarding the trial of George Clark, who was accused of piracy aboard the ship Louisa. Parker's correspondence discusses the background of the case, including Clark’s actions of plundering various ships under the guise of a commission...