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.
Contract for the purchase of a seat in the women's gallery of the Synagogue de Nazareth, located on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in Paris. Seat paid for by Anselme Halphen.
A bill of sale for the enslaved man listed as "Negro man slave Caius." The enslaved man was bought by James Hamilton, Arthur Middleton, and James Adger for the sum of $800 from William R. Maxwell and James R. Pringle.
A bill of sale for the enslaved man listed as "negro named Thomas" for $925. The sale is between James Adger, James Hamilton and Arthur Middleton who bought Thomas from J. William C. Hitchinson.
A bill of sale for the enslaved women listed as "negro woman named Robin." The enslaved woman was bought by James Hamilton, James Adger and Arthur Middleton from E. Lightwood for $900.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the interior of the Istanbuli Synagogue in Jerusalem. Engraving by James C. Redaway after a drawing by J. Salmon. From Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated, Volume 3, by John Carne. Published London & Paris : Fisher, Son & Co.
Black-and-white engraving of Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. Engraving by William Finden after a drawing by J. M. W. Turner from a sketch by Archibald Edmonstone. From Landscape illustrations of the Bible, consisting of views of the most remarkable places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, published London: John Murray.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the interior of the Istanbuli Synagogue in Jerusalem. Engraving by James C. Redaway after a drawing by J. Salmon. From Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated, Volume 3, by John Carne. Published London & Paris : Fisher, Son & Co.
Black-and-white engraving of Jews from Poland. From France militaire. Histoire des armées françaises de terre et de mer de 1792 à 1833., Volume 3, by Abel Hugo.
