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Charleston, South Carolina
Firsts for the Year
1801
By: Ill. Brother McDonald "Don"
Burbidge, 33º
Listed below are some facts concerning Charleston for the year of 1801:
 | In the year of 1801 Charleston was known as "The Antebellum
City" because of the rapid expansion of rice and cotton growing
along with the fabulous prices that these Commodities brought to the
planter. |
| The University of South Carolina was founded in Columbia (December
19).
(I included this even thou it does not have anything to do with
Charleston. however, USC is well known to everyone.) |
| March 17, The Hibernian Society was organized. |
| June 01, 1801- the temperature for the day was as follows: |
This is the information on what the day was like after the Supreme
Council was established in Charleston.
| Thermometer
Reading |
Barometer |
Hydro Dump |
Prevailing
Winds |
| 8am |
3pm |
10pm |
|
8am |
3pm |
10pm |
| 77deg |
83deg |
79deg |
68 |
30 |
E. |
Cloudy |
Clear |
| December 19, Two state banks were chartered, The Bank of South
Carolina and the State Bank. |
| December 19, The state appropriated $50,000 to pay Phineas Miller
and Eli Whitney For the right of S.C. planters to use their machine
called "a saw gin, for cleaning the staple of cotton from the
seed." After some difficulties the inventor collected. |
References;
Charleston!
Charleston!
The History of a Southern City
By: Walter J. Fraser, Jr.
A South Carolina Chronology 1497-1970
By: George C. Rogers, Jr.
The Gazzette Newspaper
Dated: July , 1801
People and Professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782-1802
By: James W. Hagy
Chronology and Documentary
Handbook of the State of
South Carolina
By: Robert I. Vexler (State Editor)
William F. Swindler (Series Editor)
Dated: 1978
| The professions most often listed are as follows: |
Merchants, grocer, carpenter, shop keeper, planter, mariner, tailors,
physician, attorney, and boarding house.
Following is a partial list of the number of persons for each
professional status:
| Profession |
Total Number |
| Account |
1 |
| Apothecary |
3 |
| Auctioneer |
6 |
| Baptist |
1 |
| Barber |
7 |
| Blacksmith |
13 |
| Block Maker |
9 |
| Boarding House |
32 |
| Boarding School |
1 |
| Book Shop |
1 |
| Book Keeper |
3 |
| Book Seller |
2 |
| Boot Maker |
1 |
| Brass Founder |
1 |
| Brewer |
1 |
| Brick Layer |
19 |
| Brick Maker |
1 |
| British Consul |
1 |
| Broker |
6 |
| Butcher |
32 |
| Cabinet Maker |
24 |
| Cake Shop |
1 |
| Captain |
2 |
| Dancing Master |
3 |
| Dentist |
3 |
| Distiller |
4 |
| Druggist |
6 (Dalcho was
one of them) |
| Governor |
1 |
| Hotel |
1 |
| Justice of the Peace |
3 |
| Livery Stables |
2 |
| Mariner |
55 |
| Merchants |
274 |
| Physicians |
40 (Auld and Dalcho were physicians) |
| Planters |
57 |
| Printers |
9 |
| Schools |
2 |
| School Master |
6 |
| School Mistress |
12 |
| Sheriff |
1 |
| Shoe Maker |
16 |
| Spanish Consul |
1 |
| Stamping Officer |
1 |
| Widow |
109 |
Women constituted 309 of the total entries or 16%. Of those only 103
have professions listed, the greatest number being shop owners (21%),
boarding houses (16%), and teaching (13%).
As an interesting note the following appears:
DALCHO & AULD APOTHECARIES, 132 EAST BAY
A lot has been written about these two working together but the
location at which they worked together had never been mention until now.
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