Kate Ferguson, wife of Samuel Wragg Ferguson, writes to her husband's godmother. This undated letter was apparently written after Samuel Ferguson's promotion to brigadier general in the Confederate army. She relates how "Ferguson's command is now resting from his last terrible raid" and that "Capt Nugent and William Barker have not yet returned from Deer Creek." 4p.
Three receipts for confederate bonds issued to the holder under the "Act to reduce the Currency." All of the receipts are notarized on the reverse and two of them are, in return, transferred to pay taxes. 6p.
1864 Letter to Mr. James B. Heyward from F.M. Fickling, representing Mr. Frank Myers, concerning rental payment for property that Heyward is leasing from Myers. The letter references the ongoing dispute between Heyward and Myers concerning the use of Confederate currency to pay the rent. 2p.
Black-and-white lithograph of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Lithograph by Thomas Picken after Ermete Pierotti. Printed by Day & Son. From Jerusalem explored, being a description of the ancient and modern city, Volume 2, by Ermete Pierotti, published Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co.; London: Bell and Daldy.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Michael Sachs, rabbi and preacher in Berlin. Lithograph printed by A. M. Bleichrode's Lithogr. Institut, published by M. Poppelauer's Buchhandlung in Berlin.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the former synagogue on Rue Causserouge in Bordeaux, on the occasion of the installation of Chief Rabbi of Bordeaux Simon Lévy following the death of Chief Rabbi David Marx. Published in the October 1, 1864, edition of Le Monde illustré.