Photograph depicts C. B. Sylvester posing in a bowler hat at two years old. Written on verso: "C B Sylvester - 2 years old". Clarence B. Sylvester died in the street of a heart attack at age 50.
1 typed page on carbon paper of the letter and 1 typed copy of the letter. The letter is from R. Bishop, regarding recognition by the Supreme Court of a proposed constitution, dated November 13, 1862.
File contains the original donor list for building Congregation Emanu-El (November 26, 1862). Document reads: "Victoria, November 26, 1862 - Subscription List - We the undersigned hereby agree to pay to the Congregation Emnau-El of Victoria [V.I.] for the purpose of erecting a brick synagogue the sums sett [sic] opposite to our respective names. Payments to be made on call of the committee in four installments...". Another copy is available (a photocopy of the original list), and can be found in 10-C-5, File 9.