Minute book, 1867-1884

Oversize volume (October 23, 1867 - January 30, 1884) detailing meetings that shift from weekly to monthly to bi-weekly, etc., listing officers and members who attended, applied for membership, or relief, were fined, elected to office, died, etc. With fuller minutes at annual meetings, often with estimates beforehand from a variety of caterers estimating costs, and periodic accountings of the Society's finances. Changing and debating changes to various rules of the Society occur often; there are notations of various changes of venue and purchase and sale of properties, including a detailed description of an interior of a large building on King Street (pp. 173-174); the Hibernian Society is thanked (p. 98) for allowing the Fellowship Society to briefly store its portraits and records in Hibernian Hall. There are numerous references to the portraits of various presidents, including repairing the portrait of Edward Weyman by R. I. Curtis (pp. 88, 89, 90); Mr. Curtis copying that portrait (98, 99, 102); insuring the portraits, banner and archives (pp. 149, 193); commissioning Curtis to paint a portrait of President Simonton, listing rates for portraits by size, and if there a hand is included (pp. 209-212); commissioning Mr. [Thomas] Wightman to paint portraits of Charles Steedman, V. J. Tobias (pp. 355, 356) and William Geyer (p. 449). Events mentioned include the Ft. Moultrie Centennial (p. 276), an 1876 political riot (p. 283), "unsettled political conditions" (p. 289), contributing for a bronze bust of William Gilmore Simms (p. 317); and "boisterous weather" (p. 331) perhaps a reference to a hurricane or tropical storm. With loose papers on finances, legal issues, the Simms memorial letter and other related items.