Various illustrations and text from a page from a volume of Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper). There is an illustration of the then-new Custom House and Post Office, Natives of the Gold Coast on an English steamboat, a worker's strike on English ships in Sierra Leone, people waiting for pubs to open in London, and a street fight between government troops and Carlists. The text surrounding the illustrations is not relevant to the illustrations.
Letter written by Van Swearingen to Captain Josiah Swearingen of Berkeley County, Virginia, dated March 17, 1791. The author describes a raid against indigenous people, led by Samuel Brady, in retaliation for the capture and killing of settlers. He details the aftermath of the raid and the expectation of upcoming battles. The second half of the letter also discusses Van Swearingen’s financial