[Havana, Cuba, Legal Affairs; 19th century letters] Letter dated January 1, 1818.
Letter dated January 1, 1818. Concerns casks / bottles of rum; family members and an invitation to travel/accommodation. The author was William Fairclough's brother.
Letter dated January 1, 1818. Concerns casks / bottles of rum; family members and an invitation to travel/accommodation. The author was William Fairclough's brother.
Shipping manifest from port of Havana (possibly printed there) in English, dated 1836. Partially printed and complete in manuscript.
New York: Harper’s Weekly, 1869. Background Information:In 1868 the first war of Cuban independence, also known as the Ten Years' War, begins. It lasts until 1878.The Ten Years' War (Guerra de los Diez Años), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of.....
Madrid: Photoengranving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898. Background Information:La Ilustración Española y Americana was a weekly Spanish magazine that was published from 1869 to 1921. The Cuban War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia cubana), fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba.....
BELL-CAP-SIC Plasters.
Chicago: Armour Meats, 1898. Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business.....
Chicago: Armour Meats, 1887. Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business.....
Boston Mass. Bigelow & Dowse Co., 1899. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Background Information: The Bigelow & Dowse Co. was originally established in 1839 under the name of Horton & Cords. Numerous changes occurred over the years until in 1894 the business was transferred to a stock company with Samuel Bigelow.....
[Bloomfield, N.J.] : New York: Scott & Bowne, 1894. Stapled Wraps. Scott & Bowne was a pharmaceutical company that produced cod-liver oil (Scott's Emulsion) and was located at 132-134 South Fifth Avenue, New York City, as well as in London and throughout Europe. The firm was established in 1873 by.....
Soft cover. A popular souvenir published in numerous forms during the 1880s.
Dundee, Scotland: Valentine, James (and his studio), 1890. Photography by Valentine, James (1815-1879). A Very Good Hardcover. James Valentine was a Scottish photographer who, with his company Valentine's of Dundee, produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards.Valentine market was.....