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Subject: Whiskey industry


Lease for the Vogler Spring Distillery, Henrico County, Virginia, November 21, 1868 Lease for the Vogler Spring Distillery, Henrico County, Virginia, November 21, 1868

Manuscript lease dated November 21, 1868, with a fifty-cent mortgage stamp affixed. Henry J. Calisher and Meyer Cohn lease one-half acre of land with a distillery known as the Vogler Spring Distillery in Henrico County, Virginia. The lease is accompanied by the naturalization papers of Henry Vogler, issued in Baltimore, Maryland on February 12, 1855. The document shows signs of age and damage, including tearing and staining. The lease measures 8.5 x 14 inches.

Letter from John H. Riker to Louis Taussig & Co., October 11, 1880 Letter from John H. Riker to Louis Taussig & Co., October 11, 1880

A business letter written by John H. Riker to Louis Taussig & Co. on October 11, 1880, concerning a property with family history. The letter features a striking lithographed letterhead depicting kegs of whiskey, advertising the company's locations at 21 & 23 Lower Market, Covington, KY, and 303 Battery St. & 9 Delaney St., New York, NY.