The Horlbeck Daybook, 1835-1837, was kept by members of the Horlbeck building and architectural business. Included in the daybook are lists of work done for clients such as remodeling, repair, or construction. Buildings worked on include the jail, St. Stephen's Chapel, the Fire Master's Department, and the Poor House. The descriptions include types of materials used and the number of Black and White employees working. Black employees consist of enslaved and freed persons.
Compilation of original deeds, titles, and other documents related to the transfer, sale, and ownership of the double tenement at 72-74 Tradd Street, known as the Fotheringham-McNeil Tenements. Documents span from 1765 to 1961, likely representing the entire history of the ownership of the double tenement throughout that time period. Also includes blueprints and photographs. (NOTE: Fotheringham has also been spelled Fotheringham.)
This document is a bill of sale at Charleston, South Carolina for a slave named Rhoda, referenced as "negro girl slave," sold to C.S. Simonton from Louisa Lane for $600.
A document with the title "List of Negroes on my Marriage Settlement" listing the names of fourty enslaved men and women in an 1835 marriage settlement.
Sheet music for "La juive : romance dramatique," words by H. T. Poisson (pseud. Charles de Warwille); music by Auguste-Mathieu Panseron, published Paris: Maurice Schlesinger.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the crossing of the Red Sea. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the plague of darkness, the ninth of the ten plagues of Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white lithograph of a Jewish celebration in Algeria. From Voyage pittoresque dans la Régence d’Alger by Émile-Aubert Lessore and William Wyld. Printed and published Paris: Charles Motte.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the Israelites leaving Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by David Roberts. Published Paris: Leclere, Boulevard Poissonnière, 29.
