Genre

Ephemera

Featured Items

Printed document shows details of a sugar plantation with manuscript notes.

Particulars of two valuable sugar plantations, St. Kitts . . .

Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket
1828
Detail of a printed newspaper shows headline "Negro Slavery" and other text in English.

[Album]

Female Society...for the Relief of British Negro Slaves.
1828-1829
Detail from a weathered printed document, that includes manuscript inscriptions, shows text in English from the president of the united states.

Sea letter, Brigantine Neptune, July 26, 1793

1793
stained title page of a printed pamphlet with a blue cover

Calendrier pour l’année 1807

1806-1807
A hand-colored woodcut depicts a man with a walking stick. In the background a ship and palm trees are visible. Some text in French is visible.

Le Vrai Portrait du Juif Errant

circa 1820s

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worn, yellow-tinted pages of a 19th century almanac
In House

An almanac well-worn through regular use

July 27, 2018

See Also

History of Knowledge / Intellectual History / Philosophy

Women's History