Letter; Cohen, Jacob; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1855 October 4
Description:
Letter relating to the market of enslaved people by J. Hamilton Criper, near Darien, Georgia, advising his client on the sale of enlaved people and praising Jacob Cohen, a well known slave dealer in Charleston, South Carolina.
Personal Name:
Cohen, Jacob
Date:
1855-10-04
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Lavsano, Joshua; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1849 April 10
Subject:
Correspondence; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from Joshua Lavsano to Isaac Leeser, regarding problems the Jewish Community is having in the battle over the form of services in the synagogue Beth Elohim. He relates that as a member, he can see no possibility of cooperation. He thanks Reverend Leeser for his intervention but things have gone down divergent paths. He notes that a meeting was held to consider the Philadelphia recommendation of one joint synagogue, but it was soundly rebuffed.
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Lavsano, Joshua
Corporate Name:
Beth Elohim
Date:
1849-04-10
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Tobias, Tobias I.; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; New York, New York, United States; 1850 September 11
Subject:
Correspondence; Jewish merchants; Manuscripts (documents); Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Letter from T. J. Tobias to T. I. Tobias, regarding an overdue payment, wine shipments. He asks that Tobias excuse his haste as, it is “just in time for dinner and Shabbos”; Charleston, SC; New York, NY
Personal Name:
Tobias, Tobias I.; Tobias, Thomas Jefferson
Date:
1850-09-11
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Carvalho, Solomon Nunes; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1852 August 23
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Carvalho, Solomon Nunes. Charleston, SC, Three page letter from Solomon Nunes Carvalho to Isaac Leeser, in which Carvalho gives Leeser advice on how to treat people who attack him in the "Asmoneon," the first successful Jewish periodical in the United States
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Carvalho, Solomon Nunes
Date:
1852-08-23
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Judah, Rumah; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1831 November 14
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Family papers
Description:
Letter from Rumah Judah to her nephew to Isaac Leeser, written during a trip to see relatives in Charleston, South Carolina, and regarding family observations;Charleston, SC
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Judah, Rumah
Date:
1831-11-14
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Harby, Isaac; Cohen, E. P.; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1826 May 5
Subject:
Correspondence; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Letter from Isaac Harby to E. P. Cohen, presenting an argument for not wearing a head covering in the temple. According to the donor, this is the earliest known American document in the history of Reform Judaism;Charleston, SC
Personal Name:
Harby, Isaac; Cohen, E. P.
Date:
1826-05-05
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter from M. C. Mordecai of Mordecai & Co., with a cover broadside announcing that he is going into business with his son J. R. Mordecai, Js. Eger Hertz, and J. A. Enslow. The letter is to John Wagner regarding coal for the steamship Isabel going to Cuba; Charleston, SC; Philadelphia, PA
Personal Name:
Hertz, Js. Eger; Wagner, John
Corporate Name:
Mordecai & Co.
Date:
1852-07-01
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
