Title with Covenants between James B. Heyward and Rawlins Lowndes and a Renunciation of Dower from Gertrude Laura Lowndes to James B. Heyward, 1845. 4p.
Minutes from a governmental committee regarding the teaching of Christianity to slaves. Consists of answers to questions asked of prominent slave owners throughout the state. There is a focus on the oral education of slaves as well as a white presence in any black congregation to ensure the slaves did not organize any retaliatory actions. Focuses on the demographics of the Christian slave population. Originally bound in v. 22 of the Thomas Smith Grimke pamphlet collection.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior and interior of the Hamburg Temple (Israelitischer Tempel) in the Poolstraße, on the occasion of the inauguration on September 5, 1844. Published in the Illustrirte Zeitung.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the old Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Frankfurt am Main. This building was demolished in 1854 and replaced by a new Main Synagogue on the Börnestraße. Steel engraving by Wilhelm Lang after a drawing by Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the old Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Frankfurt am Main. This building was demolished in 1854 and replaced by a new Main Synagogue on the Börnestraße. Steel engraving by Wilhelm Lang after a drawing by Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann. Published Frankfurt am Main: C. Jügel's Verlag.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the old Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Frankfurt am Main. This building was demolished in 1854 and replaced by a new Main Synagogue on the Börnestraße. Steel engraving by Wilhelm Lang after a drawing by Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Cave of Jehoshaphat in Jerusalem. Engraving after a drawing by Léon Gaucherel. From Palestine : description géographique, historique, et archéologique by Salomon Munk, published Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting Rebekah's arrival to Isaac, as described in Genesis 24:64. From The devotional family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, with explanatory notes, practical observations, copious marginal references, &c. by Alexander Fletcher, published New York: R. Martin & Co.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem. From The devotional family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, with explanatory notes, practical observations, copious marginal references, &c. by Alexander Fletcher, published New York: R. Martin & Co.
Black-and-white steel engraving depicting Moses and the Ten Commandments. From The devotional family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, with explanatory notes, practical observations, copious marginal references, &c. by Alexander Fletcher, published New York: R. Martin & Co.