A letter from Theodore Drayton-Grimke to his father, Thomas S. Grimke, written from New Haven, Connecticut while attending Yale. Drayton-Grimke writes about studying algebra and geometry and describes a recent English composition prize that he won (a work of Shakespeare's).
Nathaniel Russell Middleton was a student (B.A. 1828; M.A. 1832), trustee and president (1857-1880) of the College of Charleston. The address, "Duties and Prospects of the Rising Generation" was delivered to fellow students in 1828. 14 pages.
Nathaniel Russell Middleton was a student (B.A. 1828; M.A. 1832), trustee and president (1857-1880) of the College of Charleston. The address, "An Oration on the Fourth of July" was delivered to fellow students in 1828. 7 pages.
Hand-colored lithograph of a Jewish man from Russia. Lithograph by Godefroy Englemann after a drawing by Jean-Marie Chopin. From Costumes russes modernes.
Hand-colored engraving of a Jewish man and woman from Kraków. From Le monde en estampes ou Géographie des cinq parties du monde by Prudence-Guillaume de Roujoux.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of historian Josephus (born Joseph ben Matityahu). Engraving by J. Rogers. Frontispiece to The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior… translated by William Whiston, published London: Henry Fisher, Son, and Co.