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Discuss Anonymous, A Plan of a Lot and Wharf Belonging to Florian Charles Mey, Esq., 1797

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A PLAN/of A LOT and WHARF/Belonging to Florian Charles Mey Esq./Situated on East Bay in Ward No. IV/in the City CHARLESTON and State of SOUTH CAROLINA/exhibiting its shape and form with the Buildings & other improvements thereon. From a Survey taken/in July 1707./By Joseph Purcell/surveyor

EXPLANATION/A Dwelling.House two story, the lower of brick and the upper of wood, four Rooms on a floor.------/B Kitchen, Wash-Room, Carriage.house, Stable, &ca. &ca. two Story of brick and covered with tile.-----/C Garden inclosed with a brick wall and palisade on the top. -------/D Orchard. -------/E Yard inclosed with a brick wall and palisade on the top. ------ /F Store of wood two story the lower divided into three distinct stores and the upper into one.-----/G Stores one story of wood.-----/H Scale [illeg.] house one story of wood.------/I Stores one story of wood.----/K Wharf ------- l Dock dry at low water. ------/The Boundaries of the above Lot are expressed in this plan by being coloured yellow -------/SCALE of Feet 30 to an Inch/NB the Roman Figures at the head of the Wharf shew the depth of water in feet at Low water. ----

[Streets on map labeled, as follows] Private Street/Pinckney Street/Lot belonging to Mr John Bryan

[Right hand side, written bottom to top] Charleston Habour/Channal of Cooper River

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