Explore 3 items related to Hamburg.
Trade card for Meyer & Co., an emigrant hotel in Hamburg, Germany, circa 1860s. The card advertises lodging and goods for emigrants, likely those immigrating to the United States. The card features an illustration and text in German. It measures 5 x 3 inches and is printed in black ink on cream-colored card stock.
Shipping record detailing the arrival of the ship Sally Anne in New York City from Hamburg, Germany on July 7, 1819. The record indicates the shipment was consigned to Samuel I. Tobias and T. I. Tobias. This document is part of a larger collection of commercial records.
A three-page letter written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 20, 1810 by Sarah Gratz (1779-1817) to her brother Joseph Gratz in Hamburg, Germany. The letter provides family news, including the recovery of her ill sisters Rachael (1783-1823) and Frances (1771-1852). Sarah, as the eldest daughter living at home after the death of her mother in 1808, acts as the matriarchal head of the family. Her father was to die in 1811.