Subject: Municipal government

Check issued by the Office of the Board of Fire Commissioners in Baltimore, Maryland, dated January 24, 1879. The check is payable to S. Levy for the amount of $42.04. The check displays a simple design with printed text and handwritten signatures of the President and Secretary.

This book is a copy of Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. The flyleaf contains a full-page inscription from Uriah H. Judah to Dr. Simeon Abrahams, describing Abrahams as a scholar, physician, and Israelite. The inscription notes that the book was a gift from Valentine, a friend of Judah's. The book is dated approximately 1855 based on the inscription.

Broadside listing the elected Board of Aldermen for New York City in 1885. Adolph Sanger is listed as President. Published circa 1885.