Billhead and Check from Weisenfeld & Co. to Bay View Asylum, 1878

This archival item consists of a billhead from Weisenfeld & Co., dated November 19, 1878, and a check from Bay View Asylum, Baltimore, MD, dated November 29, 1878. The billhead measures approximately 4.75 x 8.5 inches, and the check measures approximately 4 x 7 inches. The billhead was issued to Bay View Asylum. The accompanying text provides biographical information about Moses Wiesenfeld, noting his involvement in the wholesale clothing manufacturing business, Moses Wiesenfeld Company, along with his brother Joseph and two brothers-in-law. It also mentions his arrest during the Civil War for supplying buttons to the Confederacy, resulting in a two-year imprisonment in an Albany jail.

Associated People/Businesses

• Wiesenfeld, Moses

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Clothing trade
• Wholesale trade
• Business records

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 3, Folder 13