Short contract between W.L. Hadine (?), C.R. Hains and James B. Heyward to oversee two unnamed Heyward properties in 1858 and 1859. The handwritten document includes short statements from 1859 detailing the fulfillment of the contract. 1p.
Black-and-white engraving of the interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, during the celebration of Purim. Engraving by William Forrest after an engraving by Bernard Picart. From The faiths of the world : an account of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs by James Gardner. Published London & Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.
A written agreement between James Adams and James Hopkins in which Adams agrees to the sale of fifty slaves for $34,000. The slaves are referenced by name or as "negroes" and the following pages of the agreement discuss interest and debt.
A letter from H. Tilman to his father Alfred Wardlaw discussing the arrival of slaves on their plantation as well as their usefulness in picking cotton. Refers to the enslaved as "negroes."
Elizabeth Barnwell writes to an unknown correspondent about the social scene in Columbia and news at the South Carolina College, and describes a performance by musicians Sigismond Thalberg and Henri Vieuxtemps she attended in Columbia. 1858.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of actress Rachel Félix, known as Mademoiselle Rachel, as well as a compilation of scenes from her performances in Andromaque, Horace, and Adrienne Lecouvreur. The print accompanies an obituary published after her death on January 3, 1858. Published in the January 16, 1858, edition of L'Illustration, journal universel.
William Finley Barnwell writes to mother, Catherine Osborn Barnwell, discussing his studies at South Carolina College and requests she send him a ham, turkey or "a pair of fowls" he can share with his classmates. ca. 1858.
Color lithograph depicting people of Algeria, including a Jewish man. Lithograph by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin after Felix Fossey. From Le monde en estampes : types et costumes des principaux peuples de l'univers by Élizabeth Müller, published Paris: Amédée Bédelet.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction depicting a fantasy inspired by violinist Henri Wieniawski's performance of Paganini's Carnival of Venice. Published in the April 17, 1858, edition of L'Illustration, journal universel.
Print document containing list of German immigrant passengers' names and the region or town they were from in Germany. In print is the date October 13. Handwritten notes add the year 1858 with further notes: "Passanger list aboard SS Gauss on 9 October. Sailed from Bremen to Charleston, Captain H. Wieting."
