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- Title:
- Manuscript; Gratz, Bernard, 1738-1801; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Abraham, Alexander; Abraham, Ephraim; Etting, Moses; Schenkel, Frederick; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1760-1810
- Description:
- Manuscript receipt book of Frederick Shingle (Schenkel) detailing transactions involving the buying of furs. The volume covers transactions from 1760 to 1810 and includes twenty-three entries for Jewish American merchants including Bernard Gratz, Michael Gratz, Alexander Abraham, Ephraim Abraham, and Moses Etting.
- Personal Name:
- Gratz, Bernard, 1738-1801; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Abraham, Alexander; Abraham, Ephraim; Etting, Moses; Schenkel, Frederick
- Date:
- 1760-1810
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
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- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Noll, Martin; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1762-1781
- Description:
- Manuscript receipt book of Philadelphia merchant Martin Noll covering 1762 to 1781. It includes an entry from Michael Gratz. Provenance: Sold at a Stan V. Henkels sale, 31 January 1930, lot 144; Offered by Walter R. Benjamin Autographs in 1955.
- Personal Name:
- Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811; Noll, Martin
- Date:
- 1762-1781
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Rosengarten; Etting; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1855;
- Description:
- Receipt book with numerous Jewish names listed with fees acquired from the manuscripts of William Sellers Iron Manufacturer
- Personal Name:
- Rosengarten; Etting
- Date:
- 1855
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Private ledger / R. Sidenberg, 1880-1891.
- Subject:
- Jewish merchants -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.; Account books -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- Specimens.
- Description:
- A leather bound volume comprising the personal accounts of Richard Sidenberg spanning the years from 1880 to 1891. Preceding the 311 numbered pages is tabbed alphabetical index. The index consists chiefly of company names. The ledger records Sidenberg's accounts, banking transactions, bonds, deposits, and dividends. The ledger is divided into several sections indicated by a heading at the top of each page. The sections include cash account, inventory account, income or profit and loss account, properties by addresses, individual railroad accounts, banks, and insurance companies. Toward the end of the volume are recorded monthly profits and expenses of the G. Sidenberg Co. There are small accounts regarding individuals of the Sidenberg family including his wife and children. There are several notations and items crossed out in the volume. Title is stamped in gold on cover. A metal, locking closure is attached to the covers. Pages 304-311 are blank.
- Personal Name:
- Born in Breslau, Germany to Wilhelm and Henriette Bruck Sidenberg. The Sidenberg family immigrated to the United States in 1853 eventually settling in New York City. Sidenberg and his brothers, Gustavus and Henry, owned and operated the family business G. Sidenberg & Co. The company was a manufacturer and importer of collars, cuffs, ruffings, sleeves, and veils specializing in linens and lace for ladies. Richard was a lace merchant for the company. Additionally, Sidenberg owned several properties in Manhattan and a multitude of shares in other companies. He became a naturalized citizen in 1872. Sidenberg was a prominent member of Congregation Emanu-El in Manhattan and the Harmonie Club. He donated generously to Jewish charities and local hospitals. Sidenberg married Matilda Schafer in 1875. They had seven children: Florence Hattie, Minnie, Elsa, William, Alice, Claire, and Arthur.
- Date:
- 1880-1891
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 017.1
- Title:
- Israel L. Jacobs account book, 1840-1856.
- Subject:
- Account books -- Pennsylvania -- Windsor Township -- 19th century -- Specimens.
- Description:
- This volume contains the daybook of Israel Jacobs in Lower Windsor Township, Pennsylvania spanning the years from 1840 to 1856. The book is arranged chronologically and then by name. An index is at the beginning off the volume with handmade finding tabs is arranged by first name and page number. The pages are hand numbered on the versos and span one opening for each person with debits on the left and credits on the right. Payments are for goods and services and boarding provided by Jacobs. They include cloth, flour, harvesting, hauling, planting, seeding, tobacco, use of horses, wagons, wheat, and whiskey. Some of Jacobs' customers included Samuel Abel, Samuel Gilbert, Zachariah D. Jacobs, and Christian Woods. Twenty-eight leaves are laid in the volume. Some leaves are small fragments with notes and totaling of amounts. Some leaves record payments by customers. One leave is a summons for Jacobs to appear before the constable of Lower Windsor. Written on the front cover: Israel Jacobs his book bought February 14 AD 1840; ... Israel Jacobs his day book March 10, 1841. The names Zacharias Jacobs and Emanuel Jacobs are written on the back cover. Spine is lacking. Several leaves are loose and some gatherings detached.
- Date:
- 1840-1856
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 031.1
- Title:
- Testimonio de la informacion, buena vida y costumbre de Don Feliz del Rey, clerigo de menores ord[ene]s.
- Subject:
- Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Cuba.; Cuba -- Church history -- Sources.; Cuba -- Genealogy.
- Description:
- Record of a proceeding in Havana on 11 August 1758 (f. 1v) establishing the legitimacy and genealogical purity (lexitimidad y limpieza, f. 1r) of clergyman Feliz del Rey, native of Laguna on the island of Tenerife (f. 2r). Don Santiago José Hechavarría y Elguesúa, a priest who in 1769 would be confirmed as bishop of the diocese of Santiago de Cuba, was present as an advocate (f. 1r). Del Rey's bloodline is certified as old Catholic, free of Moorish, Jewish, Indian, black, mulatto, or recently-converted ancestors (f. 11v). An assertion that this copy matches the original held by the authorities is added in another hand (f. 13v). The final page of text ends with three signatures and has two stamps in black ink, one from 1745-1746, at the end of the reign of Philip V, and one from 1758-1759 (f. 14r).
- Date:
- 1758
- Language:
- Spanish
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 037.1
7. Noticias del comercio maritimo y trafico entre España y su America / compuesto por Daniel de Medina.
- Title:
- Noticias del comercio maritimo y trafico entre España y su America / compuesto por Daniel de Medina.
- Subject:
- Shipping -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.; Slave trade --Spain -- Colonies.; Spain -- Commerce -- New Spain -- Early works to 1800.
- Description:
- Brief treatise on trade and maritime commerce between Spain and its colonies. The text is dated 1740 but this manuscript may have been copied as late as the early 19th century. The subjects of the treatise include piracy, the asiento (license or contract granting a monopoly) held by Great Britain on the slave trade in the Spanish colonies, commerce with America and the Philippines, and competition with Great Britain and Holland.
- Date:
- [after 1740]
- Language:
- Spanish
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 006.1
- Title:
- Manuscript; Judah, Samuel; Hart, Barnet; Judah, Elizabeth; Cohen, Barnet; London, United Kingdom; Montreal, Canada; 1778 March 3
- Subject:
- Legal documents; Jewish merchants
- Description:
- Printed apprenticeship indenture on vellum, filled out in manuscript. The indenture binds Barnet Hart of London to Samuel Judah a merchant in Montreal as an apprentice. Signed by various family members.
- Personal Name:
- Judah, Samuel; Hart, Barnet; Judah, Elizabeth; Cohen, Barnet
- Date:
- 1778 March 3
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Cohen, Frederick Elmour; Detroit, Michigan, United States; 1846 October 22
- Description:
- Manuscript letter with illustrations from the artist Frederick Elmour Cohen to Mrs. Capt. Montieth in Canandaigua, New York. In the letter Cohen writes about his brother and sister and explains his ink portrait and discusses some other of his own life portraits while critiquing the attached painting: "…I send you a miniature of Myself & Wife. They are considered very good likenesses. My wife is taken from the original herself, and is as near as I could come to a perfect miniature. My own is taken from one in my studio as large as life..."
- Personal Name:
- Cohen, Frederick Elmour
- Date:
- 1846 October 22
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Franks, Isaac; Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States; 1786 September 25
- Description:
- Manuscript land patent on vellum granting Isaac Franks a tract of land in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. Signed by Charles Biddle.
- Personal Name:
- Franks, Isaac
- Date:
- 1786 September 25
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Hirsch, Abraham L.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; ca. 1870
- Description:
- Manuscript notebook of Abraham L. Hirsch, a Philadelphia student in the 1870s. This handwritten journal contains a number of interesting capsules, covering opinions, personal definitions of honesty, friendships, riches, cruelty and pleasures, and a few pages on parsing (grammatical analysis).
- Personal Name:
- Hirsch, Abraham L.
- Date:
- ca. 1870
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Cohen, Abraham Eleazer; Cohen, Jacob I.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; 1778-1779
- Description:
- Manuscript calendar (Luach) for the year 5539 (1778-1779) listing solar date, Hebrew date, day of the week, and special days and Torah readings written by Avraham son of Eleazer Katz (Cohen) in Philadelphia. Also contains an additional signature "G. Wetzell, Lancaster."
- Personal Name:
- Cohen, Abraham Eleazer; Cohen, Jacob I.
- Date:
- 1778-1779
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Peralta Robles, Alonso de; Machado, Lorenzo; Tribunal de la Inquisición en México; Mexico City, Mexico; 1598 December 19
- Subject:
- Legal documents; Jewish land owners
- Description:
- Order signed by Alonso de Peralta, head of the Mexican Inquisition, ordering the arrest of a man of Portuguese descent named Lorenzo Machado. The order sets out that Machado's property be sequestered and that he be locked in the inquisitorial prison. Provenance: Listed in W.W. Blake, San Francisco, Catalogue of Mexicana, November 1899, No. 266. Purchased at Kestenbaum (New York), 24 February 2011, lot 330.
- Personal Name:
- Peralta Robles, Alonso de; Machado, Lorenzo
- Corporate Name:
- Tribunal de la Inquisición en México
- Date:
- 1598 December 19
- Language:
- Spanish
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; De Costa, Jacob; Cohen, Solomon Myers; Rhinelander, Philip; Isaacs, Moses; Myer, Manuel; De Rivera, Abraham; Banta, Jacob; New York, New York, United States; 1771-1779
- Description:
- Manuscript receipt book of New York merchant Jacob Banta covering the period 1771-1779 including the British occupation of the city. The volume includes at least twenty-nine transactions and signatures of Jewish merchants including Barrak Hays, Jacob De Costa, Solomon Myers Cohen, A. Barrett, Hyman Myers, Philip Rhinelander, Moses Isaacs, Manuel Myer, Abraham De Rivera and John Myers.
- Personal Name:
- De Costa, Jacob; Cohen, Solomon Myers; Rhinelander, Philip; Isaacs, Moses; Myer, Manuel; De Rivera, Abraham; Banta, Jacob
- Date:
- 1771-1779
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Levy, Aaron; Henderson, John; Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, United States; 1776 May 22;
- Description:
- The field notes diary of John Henderson from May 22, 1776. It includes three complete surveys done for land purchases for Aaron Levy, a Revolutionary patriot and founder of Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania.
- Personal Name:
- Levy, Aaron; Henderson, John
- Date:
- 1776 May 22
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Daniel Rumbel receipt book, 1852-1866.
- Subject:
- Codices; Receipts (financial records); Tax stamps; Manuscripts, American -- 19th century
- Description:
- An oblong, leather-bound volume containing receipts of payment to various people and companies in Ringtown, Pennsylvania spanning the years from 1852 to 1866. Receipts of payment were made to banks, Jewish merchants, to bury lumber, rent, and working on Rumbel's farm. Some payments were made to Herman Benner, Joshua Weiner of Miners Bank, and John J. Zimmerman. A payment of judgement was made in favor of Daniel Larer. Revenue stamps are affixed to receipts from 1864 to 1866. The receipts in the volume are written parallel to the spine in the manner of a note pad. Inscription on inside front cover: Daniel Rumbel his book February 15, 1851. The receipts are written on the first twenty leaves. The remainder of the volume is blank.
- Personal Name:
- One of six children born to Henry and Salome Andrews Rumbel in East Brunswick, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The family moved to Ringtown where Henry Rumbel was a lumber merchant. Daniel Rumbel inherited and purchased tracts of his father's and ran profitable farming and timber operations. Additionally, he trained to become a shoemaker. Rumbel sold lumber to the Catawissa Railroad Company. He sold portions of his land to Jacob Laudig and the Ringtown Fair Association. Rumbel later lost his land in a sheriff's sale after backing others' business ventures. Rumbel became a shoemaker opening his own shop in Ringtown. Rumbel married Sarah Seltzer and they had three children: Emmaline, William, and Trenton.
- Date:
- 1852-1866
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 010.1
- Title:
- K. Straus and Company Inc. account book, 1893-1894.
- Subject:
- Codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, American -- 19th century; Account books; Blankbooks
- Description:
- A slim, pre-printed volume comprising the daily purchases and sales of tobacco by Philadelphia tobacco merchant K. Straus & Co. spanning a little of over one year from 1893 to February 1894. Accounts were recorded on the pre-printed pages spanning one opening. Leaf tobacco purchased was entered on the rectos and leaf tobacco sold was entered on the versos. A printed heading across top of the two-leaf opening reads: Record of leaf tobacco purchased and sold by followed by blank lines. Written In the blank spaces is K. Straus & Co. at 122 N. 3rd St. Phila. The company purchased tobacco from various merchants from around the United States and Havana, Cuba. K. Straus & Co. tobacco sales served chiefly patrons of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey area with occasional sales to customers in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Personal Name:
- The company was founded by Karl Straus born in 1845 who was a Jewish German immigrant. Straus arrived in Philadelphia in 1867 and he began a wholesale liquor business. In 1888 he became a tobacco merchant opening his own company named K. Straus & Co. Straus died in 1920 leaving the business to his nephew Adolf Loeb who incorporated the company in 1922.
- Corporate Name:
- K. Straus and Company Inc.
- Date:
- 1893-1894
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 036.1
- Title:
- James A. Rich receipt book, 1825-1847.
- Subject:
- Jewish merchants -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
- Description:
- An oblong, leather-bound volume containing receipts of payments made by James A. Rich to various people in New York, New York spanning the years from 1825 to 1847. Receipts of payment were made for brick work, boarding payments, lumber, mason work, painting, plastering, and rent. Several payments concerned properties in Harlem such as Bensel House and Harlem Commons. Other receipts regarded properties on Greenwich, Franklin, and N. Moore Streets. Not all receipts indicate the reason for payment. Receipts of payment by Rich & Woodruff were made to individuals from 1825 to 1826. Reading the volume back to front Rich made payments to Woodruff during the same year. The remainder of the volume comprises payments made by Rich. Names of recipients of payments include Alexander Barr, Henry De Camp, Cornelius De Pew for masonry work, Samuel Johnson, Mary Nisbet, Stephen Rich for rent for storefront and cellar, Henry Van Dalsen, Richard Van der Heyden, and Simon P. Wyckoff. Seven leaves are laid in the volume. Paper tabs have been affixed to some leaves in the middle of the volume. Written on the inside front cover: Mr. Whitehead, Anthony St. Written on the inside back cover: Harvey Hunt, No. 396 Pearl St. The receipts in the volume are written parallel to the spine in the manner of a note pad. Several leaves cut out near the end of the volume.
- Personal Name:
- Woodruff, Cooper, 1803-1873; Rich, James A.
- Date:
- 1825-1847
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 011.1
- Title:
- Block & Levy, Co. account book, 1859-1864.
- Subject:
- Codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, American -- 19th century; Account books
- Description:
- A volume comprising the daily credit and debit accounts of Block & Levy Co. in San Rafael, California spanning the months from November 1859 to January 1860 and from July to October 1864. The account book documents the credit and debit entries of customer transactions. Included are entries of purchases of various dry goods and sundries. Customer names are often listed along with their purchases. Patrons such as John Black, Francisco Leon, Rufus Osgood, Old Man and Salvador Ppacheco, and Switzer Ranch appear throughout the volume. Some items sold and purchased included bacon, eggs, blankets, boots, buckets, candles, coffee, flour, fabric, matches, pork, , socks, sugar, tea, tobacco, and whiskey. Written on first page: Block & Levy Co., San Rafael, Marin County, Emanuel Block III, Emanuel Levy. Other signatures in the volume include D. Block, Maurice Levy, and Philip Rothschild.
- Personal Name:
- Bock, III, Emanuel; Levy, Emanuel
- Corporate Name:
- Block & Levy Co.
- Date:
- 1859-1864
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 025.1
- Title:
- Partitur, between 1860 and 1899.
- Subject:
- Judaism -- Liturgy -- Texts; Synagogue music
- Description:
- Collection of over 20 choral pieces for a synagogue choir. The pieces at the beginning of the manuscript (p. 1-46) are marked in parts for soloists and chorus; in the rest of the manuscript parts are also marked for the cantor. The Hebrew lyrics are transliterated for pronunciation by German readers, who might have been in Germany or in the United States. A small number of pieces have attributions, to Naumburg (Louis Naumburg, 1813-1902, p. 1, 115), Abrass (Osias Joshua Abrass, 1820-1884, p. 11), Madame Handvogel (Virginie Handvogel?, p. 73), Blumenthal (Nissan Blumenthal?, 1805-1903, p. 78), and Chalaff (p. 108), Many of the pieces are for weekly services; a smaller number are for holidays. Some leaves show evidence of trimming (for example, p. 133)
- Date:
- between 1860 and 1899
- Language:
- Hebrew; German; Italian; French
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 032.1
- Title:
- Jacob Mordecai notebooks, circa 1810-1820, Volume 1
- Subject:
- Jews -- North Carolina -- 19th century; Judaism -- Apologetic works
- Description:
- Two volumes attributed to Jacob Mordecai comprising notes and arguments in the defense of Judaism against Christianity. Each volume contains citations or Biblical passages followed by Mordecai's commentary and arguments. Many of the citations are used to defend Judaism. There are many copied portions of the Old Testament, New Testament, and Jewish religious works. In Volume 2 Mordecai copied David Levi's response to Joseph Priestly's letter regarding Jewish conversion to Christianity. Topical headings appear in the volumes including Bishop Warburtion, crucifixion and resurrection, and the three witnesses. Volume 2 contains a glossary of Hebrew words with English meanings on the first unnumbered leaf. Words in Hebrew appear throughout the volume. Both volumes are hand sewn and have detached leaves. Volume 1 has paper covers and No. 3 is written on the front. Volume 1 has hand-numbered pages 1-81. Volume 2 is lacking covers and has hand-numbered pages 81-156.
- Date:
- circa 1810-1820
- Language:
- English; Hebrew
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 035.1, v. 1
- Title:
- Tobias I. Tobias letter books, 1815-1830. Volume 2.
- Description:
- Three volumes comprising outgoing correspondence from Tobias I. Tobias while he was living in London, England. The letters are addressed to family members, friends, and business associates spanning the years from 1815 to 1830. Volume 1 contains correspondence dated from 1815 to 1816. The letters were chiefly to his brother Samuel, who was living in New York and regarded merchandise, invoices, debts, vendors, and family news. Several letters were also written to Simpson Samuell, probably Tobias's lawyer, who handled bills, payments, and monetary exchanges. Volume 2 comprises letters dated from 1816 to 1817 and were written to various vendors. During this time Tobias was living in New York. He wrote many letters to John Walton, who sent Tobias consignments; N. Hart concerning purchases; and A . J. Woolf. The correspondence also concerned payments due and bills of exhchange. Volume 3 contains letters from Tobias spanning the years from May 5, 1825 to October 30, 1830. The letters regard the Tobias's business in New York. The majority of the correspondence in this volume is with David Judah, an auctioneer living in Richmond, Virginia, concerning David Judah & Company. Tobias and Edward Pollack were partners in the company. The letters concerned payments to vendors, types of merchandise sold, and Tobias's consignments to David Judah. Eventually, Judah's failure to pay his portion of the accounts as described in the correspondence led to Tobias's poverty, arrest, and final dissolution of the company in 1828. Correspondence from Tobias with Manuel Judah, Benjamin J. Hooper, and Kennedy & Duchamp of New Orleans are also included. There are also letters concerning Samuel I. Tobias who traveled to Richmond to aide Judah with the account books. The merchandise Tobias mentions throughout the letter books is blankets, boots, cloth, cordage, cotton, dolls, jewelry, razor cases, shoes, and watches from vendors in England, Nova Scotia, and the United States. The last page in the volume has a chart of prices for cotton, flannel, and wool cloths; and freight shipment costs and tariffs. The leaves at the beginning of Volume 3 are alphabetical tabs. There are 12 letters on letterpress paper and one leaf of blotter paper laid in Volume 1. There are 6 leaves of letters on letterpress paper laid in Volume 2. There are two clippings regarding freight charges laid in Volume 3. Volumes 1-3 have detached covers with some loose leaves. Volume 3 has a cracked spine.; Born in Liverpool, England to Morris I. Tobias and his wife. Tobias had two brothers Samuel Isaac and Meyer Michael. Morris I. Tobias was a watchmaker. He owned M. I. Tobias & Company. Morris trained his son Tobias as a watchmaker. Tobias created pocket watches engraved with his signature: T. I. Tobias. In 1816 Tobias sailed to the United States to sell watches from the company. Eventually, Tobias, his wife Rebecca, and their children settled in New York. He became a wholesale merchant and operated T. I. Tobias and Comapny. He imported and consigned general merchandise and dry goods. Tobias later concentrated on importing wines and liquors. He married Rebecca Levy in 1807 and couple had eight children.
- Personal Name:
- Tobias I. Tobias (Tobias Isaac)
- Corporate Name:
- T. I. Tobias & Co. (Firm); David Judah & Co. (Firm)
- Date:
- 1815-1830
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 007.1 v.2
- Title:
- Tobias I. Tobias letter books, 1815-1830. Volume 1.
- Description:
- Three volumes comprising outgoing correspondence from Tobias I. Tobias while he was living in London, England. The letters are addressed to family members, friends, and business associates spanning the years from 1815 to 1830. Volume 1 contains correspondence dated from 1815 to 1816. The letters were chiefly to his brother Samuel, who was living in New York and regarded merchandise, invoices, debts, vendors, and family news. Several letters were also written to Simpson Samuell, probably Tobias's lawyer, who handled bills, payments, and monetary exchanges. Volume 2 comprises letters dated from 1816 to 1817 and were written to various vendors. During this time Tobias was living in New York. He wrote many letters to John Walton, who sent Tobias consignments; N. Hart concerning purchases; and A . J. Woolf. The correspondence also concerned payments due and bills of exhchange. Volume 3 contains letters from Tobias spanning the years from May 5, 1825 to October 30, 1830. The letters regard the Tobias's business in New York. The majority of the correspondence in this volume is with David Judah, an auctioneer living in Richmond, Virginia, concerning David Judah & Company. Tobias and Edward Pollack were partners in the company. The letters concerned payments to vendors, types of merchandise sold, and Tobias's consignments to David Judah. Eventually, Judah's failure to pay his portion of the accounts as described in the correspondence led to Tobias's poverty, arrest, and final dissolution of the company in 1828. Correspondence from Tobias with Manuel Judah, Benjamin J. Hooper, and Kennedy & Duchamp of New Orleans are also included. There are also letters concerning Samuel I. Tobias who traveled to Richmond to aide Judah with the account books. The merchandise Tobias mentions throughout the letter books is blankets, boots, cloth, cordage, cotton, dolls, jewelry, razor cases, shoes, and watches from vendors in England, Nova Scotia, and the United States. The last page in the volume has a chart of prices for cotton, flannel, and wool cloths; and freight shipment costs and tariffs. The leaves at the beginning of Volume 3 are alphabetical tabs. There are 12 letters on letterpress paper and one leaf of blotter paper laid in Volume 1. There are 6 leaves of letters on letterpress paper laid in Volume 2. There are two clippings regarding freight charges laid in Volume 3. Volumes 1-3 have detached covers with some loose leaves. Volume 3 has a cracked spine.; Born in Liverpool, England to Morris I. Tobias and his wife. Tobias had two brothers Samuel Isaac and Meyer Michael. Morris I. Tobias was a watchmaker. He owned M. I. Tobias & Company. Morris trained his son Tobias as a watchmaker. Tobias created pocket watches engraved with his signature: T. I. Tobias. In 1816 Tobias sailed to the United States to sell watches from the company. Eventually, Tobias, his wife Rebecca, and their children settled in New York. He became a wholesale merchant and operated T. I. Tobias and Comapny. He imported and consigned general merchandise and dry goods. Tobias later concentrated on importing wines and liquors. He married Rebecca Levy in 1807 and couple had eight children.
- Personal Name:
- Tobias I. Tobias (Tobias Isaac)
- Corporate Name:
- T. I. Tobias & Co. (Firm); David Judah & Co. (Firm)
- Date:
- 1815-1830
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 007.1 v.1
- Title:
- Minḥat ʻerev li-vene Sefarad : ... Namiddag en avondgebed ... : seder tefilat Minḥah ṿe-ʻArvit li-yeme ha-ḥol ke-minhag ha-Sefaradim ... / door Lopes Cardozo ... = מנחת ערב לבני ספרד : סדר תפלת מנחה וערבית לימי החול כמנהג ספרדים יע"א.
- Description:
- This is a small prayerbook of Hebrew prayers in the Sefardic rite printed in Amsterdam for the Spanish-Portugese descended community. The editor and composer of the instructions in Dutch was Jacob Lopes Cardozo of Amsterdam. Includes Minḥah, ʻArvit, portions of Seliḥot for the Elul month, additions for Ḥanukah and Purim, and additions for mourners. With an addendum on grammar usage by Lopes Cardozo on pages 79-80.
- Date:
- 1865
- Language:
- Dutch and Hebrew
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 022.3
- Title:
- [Secrets of wisdom].
- Subject:
- Jews -- Netherlands -- History -- Sources; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800
- Description:
- Multilingual miscellany of culinary, medical, and household chemistry recipes; esoteric and alchemical notes; trade information and accounts; and family records, compiled over more than a century, possibly by members of one Sefardic family based in or near Amsterdam or Naarden. The oldest material at the beginning of the volume (f. 1r-23v) includes a medical treatise on the doctrine of signatures and a small group of prescriptions, both in Portuguese, and a biographical introduction to the reader in Spanish signed J.C.A., which refers to the arrival of Jewish physician Benedicto de Castro in Amsterdam in 1671 (f. 12r). An excerpt from the Amsterdamsche Courant dated 1797 relatively early in the volume (f. 40r) suggests that most of the volume was written in the 19th century before 1835. Esoteric content includes astrological references (f. 7v-9v); alchemical symbols (f. 10v-11r, 62v, 140v); a spell in Hebrew for killing an enemy (f. 34r); possible incantations (f. 50r); a magic square (f. 53v); reference to the angel Uriel (f. 98r); and page citations to items of alchemical interest in the diary of the French diplomat and physicist Balthasar de Monconys, published after his death in 1665 (f. 137r-138r), Twenty printed leaves with the running title Calendrier intéressant are pasted to leaves, covering recipes and notes (some printed leaves now loose and two missing from the sequence, f. 79v-90r). These are sequential leaves (p. 3-46) from a copy of Calendrier intéressant pour l'année ..., ou Almanach physico-économique, published by the Société Typographique of Bouillon from 1770 into the early 1780s. The pages here include references to the Calendriers of 1771 and 1772, so were likely printed in the years immediately following, but the writing on the pages beneath them is from the early decades of the 19th century (for example, a note on the death of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1821, f. 80r). A small amount of shipping, currency, and price information is scattered on a few leaves (Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseilles, f. 60r; Castilian weights, Livorno, Curaçao, New York, 131v-135r; Paris, Bordeaux, Geneva, Venice, Charlestown, New York, 148v-152v). The family records at the end of the volume (f. 171r-174r) document births and deaths, many with the family name Henriquez (or Henriques), from 1759 to 1835, not recorded in chronological order.
- Date:
- [after 1685?]-1835
- Language:
- Dutch; Portuguese; Spanish; Hebrew; French; English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 034.1
- Title:
- Jacob Mordecai notebooks, circa 1810-1820, Volume 2
- Subject:
- Jews -- North Carolina -- 19th century; Judaism -- Apologetic works
- Description:
- Two volumes attributed to Jacob Mordecai comprising notes and arguments in the defense of Judaism against Christianity. Each volume contains citations or Biblical passages followed by Mordecai's commentary and arguments. Many of the citations are used to defend Judaism. There are many copied portions of the Old Testament, New Testament, and Jewish religious works. In Volume 2 Mordecai copied David Levi's response to Joseph Priestly's letter regarding Jewish conversion to Christianity. Topical headings appear in the volumes including Bishop Warburtion, crucifixion and resurrection, and the three witnesses. Volume 2 contains a glossary of Hebrew words with English meanings on the first unnumbered leaf. Words in Hebrew appear throughout the volume. Both volumes are hand sewn and have detached leaves. Volume 1 has paper covers and No. 3 is written on the front. Volume 1 has hand-numbered pages 1-81. Volume 2 is lacking covers and has hand-numbered pages 81-156.
- Date:
- circa 1810-1820
- Language:
- English; Hebrew
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 035.1, v. 2
- Title:
- Manuscript; Raleigh, North Carolina, United States; 1864 April 24
- Subject:
- Manuscripts (documents); Jewish soldiers; War
- Description:
- Manuscript field order issued by Civil War Union Major General John Schofield Commanding the Union Department of North Carolina / Army of the Ohio written and signed by Schofield's Assistant Adjutant General Captain, J. H. Stevenson and issued to Division Commanders under his command. The Document issues orders for the Army of the Ohio to be prepared to march at 6 A.M. on April the 26th; Raleigh, NC
- Date:
- 1864 April 24
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Suriname Minhagim, Luaḥ, and Seder ha-parshiyot, 1860-1869. Volume 2.
- Description:
- A ḥazan in Paramaribo; the Levie family members were cantors in Paramaribo.; These are two manuscripts from a set of three miniature volumes of the liturgy records of the ḥazan; hastily written lines and cross-throughs indicate his personal use. The manuscripts follow a left-hinge style of layout following the Dutch writing; the texts follow the minhag, or individual custom of Suriname. Items of interest from the first volume: phonetic transliterations include mention of an "Aronqudes", meaning "Aron ha-ḳodesh" (the holy ark, f. i verso, 18v); mention is made of "De Elkana van Kipoor", a reference to the hafṭarah portion for Rosh ha-Shanah 1 (from Samuel 1:1-2:10, about Elkanah father of Samuel the prophet; it is unclear why the scribe assigns it to Yom Kippur, f. 6r); a list of simple phrases (such as "Torah; ʻodenu" (likely a reference to Numbers 11:33); "Neviʼim; Barukh H. le-ʻolam; Ketuvim; lekhu neraninah; Mishnah; kol yiśraʼel"; f. 16r), referring to portions Levie assigned or read in the synagogue. Items from the second volume are material for Jewish holidays, with the first word reading "poerim" (i.e. Purim; f. iv) and the following folio headed as "Judendagen", or Jewish days (f. 1r); "Sabbath gazon" (for Shabat ḥazon, for the Shabat preceding Tishʻah be-Av, f. 2r); and "Rosj hasjana" (f. 14v). There is a mention of an Abraham E. Gomperts (f. 14r). The last leaf of the second volume is detached. The latest date in the first volume is 1862 (f. 18v) and the second 1869 (f. 13v). Both are written in informal paragraphs with the Dutch in cursive script and the Hebrew in square script. Bound in soft wrappings, original. Written in Paramaribo, the capital of the Dutch colony of Suriname.; The third volume in the set is a printed prayer book cataloged separately under the title Minḥat ʻerev li-vene Sefarad... (Amsterdam: D. de Miranda & Co., 1865).; Formerly owned by Dutch filmmaker and author Willy Lindwer (stamp, Willy Lindwer Judaica Collectie, inside housing). Sold by Michael Landy (New York), 2013.; Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Michael Landy, 2013).
- Date:
- 1860-1869
- Language:
- Dutch and Hebrew
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 022.1-2
- Title:
- Suriname Minhagim, Luaḥ, and Seder ha-parshiyot, 1860-1869. Volume 1.
- Description:
- A ḥazan in Paramaribo; the Levie family members were cantors in Paramaribo.; These are two manuscripts from a set of three miniature volumes of the liturgy records of the ḥazan; hastily written lines and cross-throughs indicate his personal use. The manuscripts follow a left-hinge style of layout following the Dutch writing; the texts follow the minhag, or individual custom of Suriname. Items of interest from the first volume: phonetic transliterations include mention of an "Aronqudes", meaning "Aron ha-ḳodesh" (the holy ark, f. i verso, 18v); mention is made of "De Elkana van Kipoor", a reference to the hafṭarah portion for Rosh ha-Shanah 1 (from Samuel 1:1-2:10, about Elkanah father of Samuel the prophet; it is unclear why the scribe assigns it to Yom Kippur, f. 6r); a list of simple phrases (such as "Torah; ʻodenu" (likely a reference to Numbers 11:33); "Neviʼim; Barukh H. le-ʻolam; Ketuvim; lekhu neraninah; Mishnah; kol yiśraʼel"; f. 16r), referring to portions Levie assigned or read in the synagogue. Items from the second volume are material for Jewish holidays, with the first word reading "poerim" (i.e. Purim; f. iv) and the following folio headed as "Judendagen", or Jewish days (f. 1r); "Sabbath gazon" (for Shabat ḥazon, for the Shabat preceding Tishʻah be-Av, f. 2r); and "Rosj hasjana" (f. 14v). There is a mention of an Abraham E. Gomperts (f. 14r). The last leaf of the second volume is detached. The latest date in the first volume is 1862 (f. 18v) and the second 1869 (f. 13v). Both are written in informal paragraphs with the Dutch in cursive script and the Hebrew in square script. Bound in soft wrappings, original. Written in Paramaribo, the capital of the Dutch colony of Suriname.; The third volume in the set is a printed prayer book cataloged separately under the title Minḥat ʻerev li-vene Sefarad... (Amsterdam: D. de Miranda & Co., 1865).; Formerly owned by Dutch filmmaker and author Willy Lindwer (stamp, Willy Lindwer Judaica Collectie, inside housing). Sold by Michael Landy (New York), 2013.; Purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Michael Landy, 2013)
- Date:
- 1860-1869
- Language:
- Dutch and Hebrew
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 022.1-2
- Title:
- Manuscript; undated
- Subject:
- Manuscripts (documents); Scholars
- Description:
- A manuscript called, "An oriental language explained upon oriental principles," by an unknown author. [According to the donor, it was found in the papers of Hon. John Davis (1761-1847) of Boston, a federal judge and politician.]
- Date:
- undated
- Language:
- English; Hebrew
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Die Geschichte der Shiloh Lodge No. 17, U.O.B.B., 1853-1876.
- Subject:
- Jews -- New York (State) -- Albany -- Societies, etc. -- 19th century.
- Description:
- A bound, ruled volume with gilt edges stamped in gold on the front cover with the title Die Geschichte der Shiloh Lodge No. 17, U.O.B.B. This volume contains the handwritten documentation of the B'nai B'rith order in Albany, New York spanning the years from its inception in 1853 to 1876. The volume was handwritten in German by financial secretary Meier Illch (1830-1902) who was an insurance agent in Albany. The book comprises the lodge's organization and membership listing the names of officers and members. Deaths of members were noted and inscribed by a box in black ink. In April 1865 a full page is dedicated to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Charitable contributions, meetings, and financial records are included in the volume. Documentation is written on the recto of each leaf. Several leaves at the end are blank.
- Personal Name:
- Illch, Meier, 1830-1902.
- Corporate Name:
- Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Shiloh Lodge No. 17.
- Date:
- 1853-1876
- Language:
- German
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 002.1
- Title:
- Manuscript; Greensboro, North Carolina, United States; 1865 May 7
- Subject:
- Manuscripts (documents); Jewish soldiers; War
- Description:
- Manuscript field order issued by Major General Jacob Dolson Cox Commanding the 23rd Army Corps written and signed by Cox’s Assistant Adjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Cox and issued to Division Commanders under his command; Greensboro, NC
- Date:
- 1865-05-07
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Tobias I. Tobias letter books, 1815-1830. Volume 3.
- Description:
- Three volumes comprising outgoing correspondence from Tobias I. Tobias while he was living in London, England. The letters are addressed to family members, friends, and business associates spanning the years from 1815 to 1830. Volume 1 contains correspondence dated from 1815 to 1816. The letters were chiefly to his brother Samuel, who was living in New York and regarded merchandise, invoices, debts, vendors, and family news. Several letters were also written to Simpson Samuell, probably Tobias's lawyer, who handled bills, payments, and monetary exchanges. Volume 2 comprises letters dated from 1816 to 1817 and were written to various vendors. During this time Tobias was living in New York. He wrote many letters to John Walton, who sent Tobias consignments; N. Hart concerning purchases; and A . J. Woolf. The correspondence also concerned payments due and bills of exhchange. Volume 3 contains letters from Tobias spanning the years from May 5, 1825 to October 30, 1830. The letters regard the Tobias's business in New York. The majority of the correspondence in this volume is with David Judah, an auctioneer living in Richmond, Virginia, concerning David Judah & Company. Tobias and Edward Pollack were partners in the company. The letters concerned payments to vendors, types of merchandise sold, and Tobias's consignments to David Judah. Eventually, Judah's failure to pay his portion of the accounts as described in the correspondence led to Tobias's poverty, arrest, and final dissolution of the company in 1828. Correspondence from Tobias with Manuel Judah, Benjamin J. Hooper, and Kennedy & Duchamp of New Orleans are also included. There are also letters concerning Samuel I. Tobias who traveled to Richmond to aide Judah with the account books. The merchandise Tobias mentions throughout the letter books is blankets, boots, cloth, cordage, cotton, dolls, jewelry, razor cases, shoes, and watches from vendors in England, Nova Scotia, and the United States. The last page in the volume has a chart of prices for cotton, flannel, and wool cloths; and freight shipment costs and tariffs. The leaves at the beginning of Volume 3 are alphabetical tabs. There are 12 letters on letterpress paper and one leaf of blotter paper laid in Volume 1. There are 6 leaves of letters on letterpress paper laid in Volume 2. There are two clippings regarding freight charges laid in Volume 3. Volumes 1-3 have detached covers with some loose leaves. Volume 3 has a cracked spine.; Born in Liverpool, England to Morris I. Tobias and his wife. Tobias had two brothers Samuel Isaac and Meyer Michael. Morris I. Tobias was a watchmaker. He owned M. I. Tobias & Company. Morris trained his son Tobias as a watchmaker. Tobias created pocket watches engraved with his signature: T. I. Tobias. In 1816 Tobias sailed to the United States to sell watches from the company. Eventually, Tobias, his wife Rebecca, and their children settled in New York. He became a wholesale merchant and operated T. I. Tobias and Comapny. He imported and consigned general merchandise and dry goods. Tobias later concentrated on importing wines and liquors. He married Rebecca Levy in 1807 and couple had eight children.
- Personal Name:
- Tobias I. Tobias (Tobias Isaac)
- Corporate Name:
- T. I. Tobias & Co. (Firm); David Judah & Co. (Firm)
- Date:
- 1815-1830
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 007.1 v.3
- Title:
- Ketubah book : K.K. Beth El Emeth.
- Subject:
- Ketubahs; Marriage certificates; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century
- Description:
- Bound compilation of manuscript marriage contracts for 62 couples married by George Jacobs between November 5, 1873, and November 13, 1881. Jacobs served as the rabbi of Congregation Beth El Emeth from 1869 to his death in 1884. His term followed that of Isaac Leeser, who founded the synagoge in 1857 and served as its rabbi until his death in 1868. Most weddings took place in Philadelphia, with two each in Doylestown and Lancaster, Pennsylvania; one each in Harrisburg, Manayunk, Abingdon, and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; and one each in Richmond and Lynchburg, Virginia. Every ketubah is written in the hand of Jacobs, with the abridged ketubah text in a single block paragraph, justified by stretching characters, and his Hebrew name Gershon bar Mosheh S_imh_ah inscribed at the foot of each leaf. Ketubahs are signed by the groom and 2 witnesses. Congregational president Morris Rosenbach signed as witness on several occasions. Couples' English names, wedding date, and wedding location when not in Philadelphia recorded in English at the head of each leaf. The contracts were entered into the volume from left to right on the rectos, with versos left blank. Volume bound in blind-stamped leather, with gilt title on left cover; covers detached and spine damaged.
- Personal Name:
- Rosenbach, Morris
- Corporate Name:
- Congregation Beth El Emeth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Contributor:
- Jacobs, George, 1834-1884
- Date:
- 19th century
- Language:
- Aramaic; Hebrew; English
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- MS 56, Codex 003.1
- Title:
- Manuscript; Alvarez, Juan; Pizarro, Hernando; Torres, Gonzalo de; Lima, Peru; 1555 September 14
- Subject:
- Contracts; Jewish land owners; Real property; Land titles
- Description:
- Rental contract relating to a dwelling in Lima between the converso physician Juan Alvarez and Hernando Pizarro.
- Personal Name:
- Alvarez, Juan; Pizarro, Hernando; Torres, Gonzalo de
- Date:
- 1555-09-14
- Language:
- Spanish
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Title:
- Manuscript; Goldstein, Isaac; 1863
- Description:
- Manuscript acrostic poem in Hebrew in honor of Abraham Lincoln in which each line begins with a different letter of Lincoln's name. Written by Isaac Goldstein c. 1863, perhaps on the occasion of the Emancipation Proclamation. The poem later appeared in the June 24, 1865 issue of the Jewish Messenger.
- Personal Name:
- Goldstein, Isaac
- Date:
- 1863
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56