Subject: Virginia -- History -- 19th century

Silver spoon engraved with the hallmark "LEWIS HYMAN, RD." Made in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1840. The spoon belonged to Lewis Hyman, brother of Henry Hyman.

This rare Early American Haggadah, owned by J.I. Cohen and later Isaiah Isacks, serves as a unique record of the Isacks family births. Inscribed with Cohen's ownership notation ("This Book belongs to J. I. Cohen bought at Bristol March 3, 1787"), it documents the births of Fanny, David, Rebecca, Sarah, and Hays Isacks in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, between 1796 and 1803, as well as the death of their mother, Hetty Hays Isacks in 1803. The Haggadah provides valuable genealogical information supplementing Malcolm Stern's work and offers a rare example of a Haggadah used to record birth records, a practice noted as unprecedented by Dr. Sarna. The book's owners, J.I. Cohen and Isaiah Isacks, were prominent early American Jewish businessmen in Virginia, involved in commerce, land dealings, and philanthropy. Their business partnership financed Daniel Boone's explorations of Kentucky.

A letter written by David Judah to T. I. Tobias on March 30, 1823, concerning mercantile affairs between the two. The letter, sent from Richmond, mentions a significant fire in Petersburg, Virginia, the previous night that destroyed 50-60 houses. The cover lacks a stamp.

A single-page letter written by Solomon Davis to Isaac Leeser on September 18, 1853, from Richmond, Virginia. Davis requests Leeser to send him a Bible and prayer books, specifically bound and inscribed with his wife's name, Anna Davis. Solomon Davis and his brother Benjamin were prominent figures in the Virginia slave trade, a fact noted in historical sources such as *The History of Jews of Richmond* and *Richmond's Jewry*. This letter is unique in the collection as the only correspondence from anyone in the Richmond Davis family or any other known slave trader.

A one-half page, stampless letter written by Tobias I. Tobias in New York City to David Judah in Richmond, Virginia on March 24, 1823. The letter pertains to ordinary business matters.