Subject: Handwriting

Billhead from December 1, 1897, issued by David N. Carvalho, advertising his services as an "EXPERT EXAMINER AND PHOTOGRAPHER OF QUESTIONED HANDWRITING." The bill was sent to the District Attorney's Office at 265 Broadway. Carvalho's office and laboratory address is also listed. The billhead notes that David N. Carvalho is the son of Solomon N. Carvalho.

A check from the Institution for the Savings of Merchant's Clerks in New York, dated October 17, 1874, for the amount of $263.00. The check is made payable to Mme Adelaide Lee Nielson and signed by Max Strakosch. Visual features include a pre-printed revenue stamp, ornate Victorian-style lettering for the institution's name, and a decorative border. The item shows signs of folding. **3.

Handwritten document in French by Judah P. Benjamin, titled "Benjamin advocate." Written in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 25, 1839. The document is part of the collection 'Arc.MS.56, Box A, Folder 3'.

A handwritten poem dated December 25, 1854, from Alice Cohen to Mary Hume. The poem was torn from a remembrance book dedicated to Mary Hume Armstrong of South Carolina. The cities mentioned in the book include Homewood, Columbia, Rock Hill, Rome, Arcadia, and Linwood. Alice Gertrude Nathans (Cohen) was born in Charleston, South Carolina on January 7, 1847, and died July 3, 1900. The poem measures approximately 6 by 7 1/2 inches.

A handwritten letter from Benjamin Gratz to his brother, Simon Gratz, dated August 10, 1812, from Fredericksburg, Virginia. The letter discusses business matters, including information Benjamin gathered regarding public monies and stock value, and details a meeting with Mr. Brooke in Norfolk. Benjamin indicates he will be returning to Philadelphia via steamer. The letter includes an integral blank and an autograph address panel on the verso, along with a red wax seal. **3.

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Two-page letter written on the letterhead of the "Office Assistant Quartermaster, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands," from D. Carvahlo in New Orleans to Reverend Isaac Leeser on April 19, 1866. The letter discusses business matters related to books, with Carvahlo expressing some frustration.

This archival record contains a manuscript draft of rules of order for an unidentified society, circa 1850. The manuscript shows signs of correction and crossing out, suggesting it may have been a draft intended for later printing. The front features the title "For the due observance of order the following Rules are Established," followed by rules of conduct for the society's president, order and debate procedures, the general committee, the secretary, and transgressions of the rules. The verso identifies the document as "No. 1 Standing Rules of Order". The manuscript is written in ink on paper. The images show a legible handwritten text with corrections.

This document is a partially printed Sutler's Script, issued by M. B. Breitenbach, the sutler for the 12th Michigan Infantry, from Jackson, Michigan, on March 1, 1866. It serves as an order to the U.S. Paymaster to pay M. B. Breitenbach twenty-nine dollars ($29.00), to be deducted from the final pay of Sergeant Hull M. Cross upon his mustering out of the U.S. Army. Sergeant Cross attests to having bought goods in good faith and requests the deduction. The document also notes $1.30 due to Sergeant Cross from the U.S. Government. The form features a pre-printed layout with handwritten details, including a blue stamped or printed "$29.00" within a decorative oval at the top left and the prominent printed text "PAYMASTER U.S.A." and "PAY TO M. B. BREITENBACH," with the latter in bold, capitalized lettering.