Subject: Plantations

Invoice from I. Bartlett, a family grocery and feed store in Honolulu, Hawaii, dated November 23, 1868. The bill lists items purchased by “Europa Bank & Owners” for “Ship, Plantation, Family and Passenger Stores, &c.,” including: 1/2 lb. “Soup Prunes,” 1 lb. “S. Peas,” 1 lb. “Ion Salt,” 1 lb. “Y. Powder,” 3-1/4 lbs. “East. Gr. Apples,” 1/2 lb. “Jago,” 2 doz. “Baye,” 1 jar “Ion Pickles,” 1 doz. “Roast Turkey,” 1/2 lb. “12. Sts. Chocolate,” and 1/2 lb. “C. Tarlte.” The billhead features a decorative shield with a figure carrying a teacup. The text is printed in a neat and legible script.

A hand-colored map of Surinam (Dutch Guiana), circa 1769, depicting Jewish-owned plantations, two synagogues (including the German Synagogue), the Jewish market, and other relevant locations. Surinam, a territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is situated in northeastern South America, bordered by Guyana, Brazil, and French Guiana, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. This map shows a second synagogue, the German Synagogue, which is not present on pre-1718 maps of the area. The map was exhibited in the inaugural year-long exhibition at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia from November 2010 to November 2011. Historical note: In 1627, Abraham van Pere, a Flushing merchant possibly of Portuguese Jewish refugee descent, founded a settlement in the Berbice River, Surinam, under a license from the Dutch West India Company. He sent settlers upriver, and later supplied goods to Dutch settlements in Essequibo.

A commercial letter written by M. Popovich to the Urbana Wine Company in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 17, 1883. The letterhead features the company's address: 3 Ursulines Street & 4 North Peters Street, and its business description: "Groceries, Ship and Plantation Supplies."