Geography: Barbados

A one-page letter written by S. C. Marralho to Isaac Leeser on January 31, 1844, from Barbados. The letter discusses the minutes of the Barbados Hebrew Congregation's Ladies' Auxiliary and the founding of a Sunday School.

Shipping record detailing a shipment of pine lumber from Georgetown, South Carolina to Barbados on October 31, 1857. The record indicates the port of entry and is signed by J & J Levy.

A single-page commercial letter dated January 27, 1857, from M. B. Isaacs in Barbados to Messrs. McGilvery & Co. in Portland, Maine. The letter discusses market prices and the availability of various goods, including lumber and fish. It's signed by M.B. Isaacs, with a notation that it was written by his clerk, John T. Potter.

Partially printed shipping document detailing goods shipped by David Woolf in New York City to Isaac Gomez in Barbados on December 3, 1729, aboard the brig Essex. The document is signed by the brig's master, Thomas Fitch. This is the earliest American shipping document in the collection.

Billhead from Da Costa & Co., merchants in Barbados, located in the Colonnade. The business was founded in 1868, and the billhead lists a transaction for merchandise for Captain Cole, dated 1871. The billhead displays ornate Victorian-style lettering. The handwritten note 'Cara o Hoffs' appears in the right corner of the billhead, and the word 'Bridgetown' may also appear there in writing.