Receipt book / 1839-1851

Name:

Levy, Elias P., 1819-1852; Henry Cohen (Firm)

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1839/1851

Description:

An oblong, leather-bound volume containing receipts of payment to various people and companies in Philadelphia spanning the years from 1839 to 1851. The handwritten receipts are signed by the vendor or person. Recorded in the volume are payments to Isaac Jacob Levy for boarding, John Hulseman for books, Isaac Phillips for cloth, Charles Roth & Co. for clothing, and Congregation Mikveh Israel signed by Hyman Gratz. There are also receipts of payments for boots, books, cloth, rent, horse stables, taxes, and wagon repair. The last receipt is a payment by Henry Cohen dated 1857. Cohen was an executor to Levy's estate. One receipt is pasted in the volume. The receipts in the volume are written parallel to the spine in the manner of a note pad. The receipts are written on the first seventeen leaves. The remainder of the volume is blank. The spine of the volume is broken, covers are detached, and the first eleven leaves are detached. Portions of spine laid in the volume.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Purchased for the Penn Libraries 2016 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2007.02.09.00001).; Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.; Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Subject:

Jewish merchants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century; Jews -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Jews; History; Jewish merchants

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); receipts (financial records); Manuscripts, American

Physical Description:

1 volume

Geographic Subject:

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources; United States; Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Born to Hetty Levy in Philadelphia. Levy was a merchant who worked for Henry Cohen and Co. importers of fancy stationary, papers artists' supplies, etc. He was active in the Philadelphia Jewish community. Levy was a member of Congregation Mikveh Israel. At the congregation he served as secretary and was an officer of the Jewish Secret Order. In 1845 Levy served on the board of managers in the formation of the Jewish Publication Society. Levy married Boanna E. and they had at least two children.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 009.1

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)