Diary of Magdalen Elizabeth Wilkinson Keith for the years 1862-1865. Includes mostly day to day affairs and gossip, with occassional references to the War - particularly in early 1865.
Willis writes from the Confederate Army of the Potomac, two miles from the Chickahominy River, on the privations of camp [though he is accompanied by a slave, Paris], and the expectation of a large scale engagement. He is spiritied by news of Stonewall Jackson's successes.
Willis writes from the centre of the Army of Richmond of the loses of the 5th and 6th South Carolina Regiments, skirmishes around camp and his concern for James Island, his family and the location of their slaves
Partial note, possibly from Robert Woodward Barnwell, to unknown recounting a recent unnamed battle. The author writes "such a sight as that field of slain I never dreamed of." ca. 1862.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of a Jewish man from Poland, described of a "Polish Jew of rank." From the article "Poland over-ground and under-ground" by John Ross Browne, published in the November 1862 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Jewish men from Poland. From the article "Poland over-ground and under-ground" by John Ross Browne, published in the November 1862 edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Black-and-white wood engraving of of gravestones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. Wood engraving after an illustration by Robert Aßmus. Published in Die Gartenlaube, Heft 45, 1862.
Color engraving depicting the Binding of Isaac, as described in Genesis 22:12. Engraving by Albert Henry Payne after a painting by François-Nicolas-Augustin Feyen-Perrin. From The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments; with notes by the Rev. J. Brown; and extracts from the best biblical authors; revised and edited by the Rev. H. Philip; with a family register and fifty-seven coloured engravings, published London: James Hagger; Leipzig and Dresden: A. H. Payne.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by Ludwig Thümling (also Louis Thümling) after a photograph by Hermann Krone. Published Darmstadt: G. G. Lange.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Engraving by Ludwig Thümling (also Louis Thümling) after a photograph by Hermann Krone. Published Darmstadt: G. G. Lange.
Black-and-white illustration of the interior of the Altschul (Old Shul), the oldest synagogue in Prague. The synagogue was torn down in 1867, and the Spanish Synagogue was built on the site in 1868. From Alterthümer der Prager Josefstadt : israelitischer Friedhof, Alt-Neu-Schule und andere Synagogen by Benedikt Foges and David J. Podiebrad.
![053. Willis Keith to Anna Bella Keith -- [Sept?] 22, 1862.](https://iiif.library.cofc.edu/iiif/2/24936/full/200,/0/default.jpg)
