Based on the inscription and date, it is likely that this sketchbook was the joint work of two brothers, Alexander Fraser (1750-1798) and Charles Fraser (1782-1860). Highlights of this sketchbook include some of Charles Fraser's earliest Lowcountry landscape scenes, and several theatrical views, some of which may be the work of his brother, Alexander.
A list of sales figures to various places throughout the United States and the tonnage shipped for the year 1766. [page 1] A continuation of the sales list for the year 1767. [page 2]
A bill of sale for two slaves (named Monday and Bill) purchased by Michael Dougherty of Montgomery County, Virginia, from Robert Graham of Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
Schedule of the sales of David Owen's estate. Includes a list of various transactions concerning goods and the monetary amount accompanying each sale. 6 Pages.
Black-and-white engraving depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the mikveh of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Pieter Wagenaar, Jr. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten by William Hurd, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.
Black-and-white engraving of tefillin (phylacteries), left and center, and a mezuzah, right. From Calmet's great dictionary of the Holy Bible : historical, critical, geographical, and etymological… by Augustin Calmet, published London: Printed for Charles Taylor.
