Subject: Calligraphy

Birth certificate of Michael Cassyte, created on April 10, 1861 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The certificate is a Taufshine, a type of Pennsylvania German birth certificate, filled in and signed in Hebrew and German by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener. The document is significant due to Wetzler's Jewish identity, a rarity for a scrivener in the Lehigh Valley at the time. Wetzler's signature includes a Star of David.

Calligraphic broadside detailing a Jewish interpretation of the popular children's rhyme, "The House That Jack Built." The broadside explains the origins and Old Testament symbolic meanings of the verse from a Jewish perspective, potentially copied from a Christian publication but referencing the "Shepard haggadah." Created in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1853.

A circa 1890s calligraphy sheet on vellum, featuring both English and Yiddish fonts. This broadside, measuring approximately 9" x 11", is one of several original calligraphy sheets with various fonts that were later compiled into booklets for the architects of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.

This calling card, likely used for social or professional visits, features a script-style design with floral elements. The primary visual element is a decorative arrangement of flowers, executed in a style suggestive of late 19th- or early 20th-century aesthetics. The text on the card is in a cursive script font, which would have been a common choice for such cards in the timeframe. The back of the card is blank.

Calligraphic certificate created by Daniel T. Ames & Co. for the Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Asylum Society of New York City in memory of Isaac Hoffman. Signed by Myer Stern and Jesse Seligman, President, on January 23, 1879. Measures 14.5" x 19".