Minute book, 1800-1813

Bound minute book (March 19, 1800 - March 3, 1813) detailing weekly, quarterly and annual meetings, listing those who attended, applied for membership or relief, were fined, elected to office, died, etc. With periodic tabulations of the Society's finances, with place of meeting and bill for meeting noted. November 30, 1803 minutes note the celebration of the anniversary of the British's departure from Charleston, and minutes from August 1804 document the Society's commitment to starting a school, educating children on their bounty, the hiring and assessing of Joseph Vesey as the teacher, the petitions of various children to attend, thank you notes from the educated children, etc. The plan for buying property and building a school is discussed in the August 8, October 31 and November 4, 1810 minutes, the latter also referencing a plan to appeal to the Legislature to allow for a lottery to pay for the school. A transcription of a letter from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of the Charleston Bible Society, wanting to award bibles to graduates of the school is in the September 11, 1810 minutes.