Holograph narrative of a two week tour of Belgium. The author and his companion took the steam-ship "Menoir" to Ostend on June 26th; traveled by train to Bruges and Ghent, where they viewed paintings, principal buildings, and the Convent of the Beguin...
Description:
Binding: contemporary half morocco, gilt decoration on spine, with marbled end papers.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Railroad travel, Tourists, Travelers' writings, English, and Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Description and travel
The journal describes an 1849 voyage from Boston to San Francisco via Cape Horn on the Brig Colorado with lenghty stops at St. Catherines, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. True comments daily on the weather, living conditions, and the passenger's amuse...
Description:
For another account of this voyage see Samuel Brackett's Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California (WA MSS S-1417).
Leaping -- Swinging -- Playing at see-saw -- Ned and Ann looking at pictures through a glass -- Walking with a go-cart -- Rolling the hoop -- Whipping the top -- Shooting the arrow -- Flying the kite -- Blowing bubbles -- Playing at shuttlecock -- Pla...
Publisher:
Printed by G.J. Loomis and Co.,
Subject (Topic):
Amusements--Juvenile literature, Amusements--Pictorial works, and Picture books for children
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink on paper, dated the 5th day of Heshvan [...] at Ahashapah ([1829?]). The upper third of the document consists of blessings for the bride and groom written in Hebrew block words. The lower part of the document consist...
Description:
Bride: Sham'ah? banat Nahum.
Subject (Geographic):
Ahashapah (Yemen) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Gamil ben Yahya, Levi ben Yisahar, Sham'ah banat Nahum, and Yitshak ben 'Ezrah
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Yemen --Ahasphapah and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, manuscript, ink and paint on paper, dated 11th of Tevet 5625 at No Amon (1865). A wreath of pink leaves and roses surrounds the text.
Description:
Bride: Zeldah Fridah.
Subject (Geographic):
Alexandria (Egypt) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Amram, Nathan ben Hayyim, 1805-1870, Menahem Mendel Hirshel, Tsevi Hirsh ben Yosef, and Zeldah Fridah
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Egypt --Alexandria and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
Marriage contract, printed form completed in manuscript, blue and gold ink on paper, dated 14th of Nisan 5693 at No Amon (1933). The text is flanked by two columns, which contain blessings for the bride and groom. Above the text is a blessing in the f...
Description:
Bride: Rivkah bat ha-manoah Yitshak called Aizek ha-Levi.
Subject (Geographic):
Alexandria (Egypt) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rivkah bat Yitshak ha-Levi, Yehudah Shelomoh Kohen, and Yitshak ben Bekhor Varon
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --Egypt --Alexandria and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
