Subject: Chocolate industry

Articles of Agreement between Levy & Benjamin S. Solomon & Company and Martin Ray, superintendent, regarding the manufacture and sale of tobacco, snuff, and chocolate. The agreement, dated November 21, 1818, includes a clause requiring Ray to maintain secrecy regarding the company's production methods. This three-page folio document (16" x 10") is part of a larger collection related to the Solomons brothers' business operations in Albany, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Partnership agreement between Levy Solomons (son of Lucius, ne Levi) and Benjamin Solomons concerning the manufacture and sale of tobacco, snuff, and chocolate in Albany, New York and Montreal, Canada. Dated July 21, 1817. This two-and-one-third page folio document (15 1/2" x 10 1/4") details the terms of their business partnership. The tobacco factory was located in Albany.