Minute book, 1827-1832

Minute book (May 9, 1827 - June 13, 1832) detailing weekly and annual meetings, listing officers and members who attended, applied for membership, or relief, were fined, elected to office, died, etc. With periodic notations of the Society's finances, and many references to its school, eventually under John C. You for the males and Eliza Murden for females. There are very detailed reports on the progress of particular students, the school and an assessment of the teacher John C. You,(pp. 68-72, in particular), and a resolution (pp. 86-87) to petition the South Carolina State Legislature to allow the Society to change its charter regarding the type of school desired to administer. With many references to buying property between Broad and Chalmers Street, sparking debates on what to do with the premises, whether to create a Fellowship Hall or not, with comments on the power and obligations of architecture (pp. 49-51) regarding public halls, and the mention of the "taint of history" regarding Chalmers Street. There are frequent references to repair of buildings owned by the Society on Broad, Chalmers, Wentworth and Meeting Streets, with specifics (p. 195) on how to best slate a roof. After the Society's decision to lend money with property as collateral, the pages are filled with requests from various property owners for mortgages, with assessments of the properties. With periodic assessments, as well, of the assets and liabilities of the widows on the Society's bounty. There is an index in the front of the volume.