Billhead for Bradham and Smith, Brokers and Commission Merchants, on Craven Street in New Bern. The principal owners were Caleb D. Bradham, inventor of Pepsi-Cola, and William J. Smith.
A booklet describing the bylaws and order of business for the Elm City Riflemen, a militia unit based in New Bern, N.C. Also included is a list of the officers for 1879.
A dance card used by ladies at a masquerade ball. The card was slipped over the lady's wrist using the ribbon, and her dances for the evening were penned in the section marked "Engagements"
An account of the yellow fever epidemic that struck New Bern in September and October 1864. Included in the book is a list of those who died from the epidemic.
A broadside (ca. 1880s) advertising the rates and services of Vance Academy, a private school in New Bern, located in the Simpson-Oakesmith Home at the south-eastern corner of Pollock and East Front Streets.