A handwritten receipt for Charles Alston's purchase of 11 numbers of Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America and a portfolio from George Oates for a total of $113.
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.
A ribbon-bound document conveying a tract of land to the German Evangelical Lutheran Church. The document begins by affirming that John A. Wagener, John Hurkamp, and H.H. Hoops paid off their mortgage on the land. The document also describes the land's location as being near "lands now or lately in use by the Hebrew Congregation as a cemetery" and near land used as a cemetery for people of color.
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.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. Engraving after a drawing by Louis François Cassas. From Palestine : description géographique, historique, et archéologique by Salomon Munk, published Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom in Jerusalem. Engraving after a drawing by Louis François Cassas. From Palestine : description géographique, historique, et archéologique by Salomon Munk, published Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
