Subject: Gin

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Catalogue: Elucidations of Imposition in the Imitation and Adulteration of Holland and English Gin Catalogue: Elucidations of Imposition in the Imitation and Adulteration of Holland and English Gin

A 16-page booklet published in New York in 1857 by John A. Gray, Printer. Authored by Udolpho Wolfe, sole manufacturer and importer of various schnapps, located at 18, 20 & 22 Beaver Street, New York. The catalogue details the problem of pure gin being adulterated with other liquids and extols the virtues of Wolfe's schnapps. Wolfe is described as the son of Dutch Jews.

Shipping Record: Joseph F. Tobias & Co., Philadelphia and New York, June 7, 1862 Shipping Record: Joseph F. Tobias & Co., Philadelphia and New York, June 7, 1862

Shipping record documenting the entry of 131 gallons of gin into port. The record lists Joseph F. Tobias & Co. as the recipient and indicates the shipment arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York, New York on June 7, 1862.