Joseph Walker Barnwell, Gottingen, Germany, writes to brother, Allard Belin Barnwell. Barnwell talks of how being in Europe has made him more of an "American" rather than a "Southerner" and discusses weekly social activities with his compatriots. He mentions the near universal editorial contempt for a recent magazine article by Harriet Beecher Stowe concerning Lord Byron and hopes a similar "justice" will one day fall on "Uncle Tom's Cabin." He also derides the antics of anti-Catholic preacher, John Cumming, and describes the curious wedding custom of smashing crockery and dinnerware at the door of the bride-to-be.
Hand-colored lithograph depicting a crowd outside of the Stock Exchange. The caption reads : "The warning sign is no better here than in the vineyard." The sign reads "Verbotener Weg" (entry forbidden).
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Moritz Oppenheim's painting The Wedding (Die Trauung). Published in the May 1, 1869, ediction of L'Univers illustré.
A set of annual reports of the the Fire Department from 1859-1872. Reports missing for years 1862-1865. The annual reports open with a statement from the Fire Chief and include multiple lists of department expenses, financial cost of fires, the cause of the fires, and locations of city property pertaining to the fire department.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Temple Emanu-El at 5th Avenue and 43rd Street in New York. From Manual of the corporation of the City of New York.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction with a portrait of Baron James Mayer de Rothschild. Published in the January 30, 1869, edition of Harper's Bazar.
Hand-colored engraved map of Palestine. From Colton’s General atlas : containing one hundred and eighty steel plate maps and plans, on one hundred and nineteen imperial folio sheets / drawn by G. Woolworth Colton ; letter-press descriptions, geographical, statistical, and historical, by Richard Swainson Fisher, published New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton.
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