Subject: Bills of lading

Bill of lading documenting the shipment of two cases of hats from C. B. Alsaton in New York, New York to Meussdorffer & Bros. in San Francisco, California on March 9, 1876. The document details the origin and destination of the shipment.

Bill of lading documenting the shipment of 18 boxes of lemons from T. I. Tobias in New York, New York to Jacob Levy in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 23, 1835. The document was printed by Solomon H. Jackson at 163 Chatham Street, New York. T. I. Tobias is identified as being from a well-known Jewish merchant family, and Solomon H. Jackson is noted as a well-known Jewish printer. The document features an eagle logo. This is part 1 of 2.

Bill of lading for a shipment of hogsheads of tobacco and other tobacco products from Bermuda Hundred, Virginia to Le Havre, France. The bill of lading, dated May 1, 1832, was issued by Moses Myers of Norfolk for the estate of Stephen Girard of Philadelphia. The vessel used was the *Elizabeth Smith*. The document measures 5 1/2" x 10 1/4".

Billhead from the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Helena, Montana, dated June 1, 1884. The bill is addressed to L. H. Hershfield and itemizes charges for board and lodging from April 26 to May 31, totaling $42.00. The Cosmopolitan Hotel was established in 1870 by Samuel Schwab and Edward Zimmerman after they purchased and remodeled the insolvent Walla Walla Hotel. In 1883, they expanded the hotel, creating the first four-story building in Helena. Samuel Schwab was born in 1836 in Rimpar, Bavaria, and immigrated to the United States around 1853. Edward Zimmerman, born in 1836 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, arrived in California in 1855.

A letter written by Abraham Tobias to T. I. Tobias on June 13, 1840, concerning a bill of laden signed by M. Lopez. The letter was sent from Charleston, South Carolina to New York, New York.

A three-quarter page letter written by Horace E. Baldwin in New York City to Charles Tobias in New Orleans on January 29, 1851. The letter briefly mentions a bill of lading. Horace E. Baldwin was a partner in the firm Taylor, Baldwin and Co. in Newark, New Jersey, before moving to New Orleans in 1842, where he remained until at least 1853, purchasing silver from New Jersey and New York producers.

A one-page letter dated July 10, 1849, from J. S. Cohen in Charleston, South Carolina, to Tobias Isaac Tobias in New York City. The letter discusses a shipment of wine arriving from Madeira aboard the brig Caroline and the necessary procedures for its delivery and forwarding. Cohen details communication with the charterer, Mr. Wm. Depew, and the importance of the bill of lading.

Bill of lading for a shipment of copper and sugar from Lucea, Jamaica, to D. A. Wetzlar & Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shipped by Nunes Bros. of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Dated April 18-22, 1862. Measures 11" x 17".

A single-leaf steamboat bill of lading from Lehman, Newgass & Co., cotton factors and general commission merchants in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dated April 1, 1869, the document details the shipment of goods, including bacon, flour, sugar, and molasses, aboard the steamer bound for Mobile, Alabama, and ultimately Elm Bluff, Alabama. The bill of lading specifies the terms of carriage and delivery.