This is the fifth volume in Mr. Hagy"s series of transcriptions of city directories for the ante bellum population of Charleston, South Carolina. It contains all the names and other pertinent genealogical information that can be found in the Charleston city directories of 1849, 1852, and 1855. The names of the residents in each of the three directories are arranged in alphabetical order, and each entry, typically, furnishes the individual"s address and his occupation (or, in the case of female heads of household, whether the individual is widowed). In addition to the residents themselves, the volume points up a number of interesting features relating to the city of Charleston at this time, such as the annexation of new sections of the city, the appearance of photographers (daguerreotypists) among the business community, the growing importance of advertisements and the separate business directory appended to the back of each directory, and so on.