Letter from Joseph Bloomingdale to Isaac Leeser, Franklin, New York, February 4, 1867
Letter from Joseph Bloomingdale to Isaac Leeser inviting him to a ball on February 22, 1867. The letter features the embossed seal of a lodge with an oil derrick, indicating its founding in 1866. The letter was written from Franklin, New York, a boomtown located 10 miles from Titusville, where oil was first discovered approximately two years prior.