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198228929N.p.: World Jewish Congress 1982. Mrs. Shirley P. Clurman. 1 vols. 4to. Looseleaf binder some browning but otherwise very good. Mrs. Shirley P. Clurman. 1 vols. 4to. A very completely compiled notebook of background information containing trips scheduled sites to be seen persons to be met US and Egyptian relations to date. The trip was sponsored by the World Jewish Congress under the leadership of Edgar M. Bronofman. These briefing books were given only to those on this historic trip including meeting Youssef Dana leader of Cairo Jewish Community and Presicent Mubarak. World Jewish Congress unknown books
501117in pencil on 1st page of a printed menu of a testimonial dinner at the Bristol Garden Restaurant Jerusalem June 27 1925; also signed and dated by P.W. Etkes. 8vo 1pp. 4to sheet folded to form 4 pp. creases stains. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
194424192Halifax 1944-1945. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Commercial ruled journal. Textured black leather boards heavily scuffed with tears and some loss to spine ends. Backstrip attached but fragile. All edges marbled. Handwriting in pen and some pencil to approximately one half of the pages; 67 closely written pages in total. Approx. 10000 words /-. <br/><br/>Neat and meticulous handwritten daily journal written by a Halifax rabbi serving as chaplain for the Canadian armed forces: for one recorded service "42 soldiers present. 1 airman. Did not have chance to notify Air Force nor Navy re: Services." Beginning in September 1944 and ending in May 1945 the author records his public activities and services at the Robie St. Synagogue and elsewhere e.g.: served as cantor but unsatisfied with his own singing; only cake & coffee at the Purim social -- "Hamentaschen didn't arrive"; his advice and counsel to individual soldiers "Spoke to Major Lyons re Victor Morgan / promised to get him transferred so he can study Hebrew"; and the occasional purely personal note "Deanna Durbin is still tops." <br /> <br />The journal's author names many officers and peers though not himself: "lunch with Greenspan" likely refers to Rabbi Abraham Greenspan of Halifax; the "Capt. Dr. Cass" who read the Torah "fairly well. He also blew the Shofar" is certainly Rabbi Samuel Cass. Visiting English evangelist Bryan Green gave a speech "under the auspices of Br. Ministery of Information. No revelation"; <br /> <br />The rabbi records speeches and discussions -- sometimes heated -- on "Assimiliation" Jewish denominations Jewish education "How to Get Home for the High Holidays" as well as his trips to military camps and hospitals in Windsor and Debert advocacy for men A.W.O.L. or otherwise awaiting discipline or sentencing; distribution of books and pamphlets; and continual efforts to maintain and improve attendance at services. But not conspicuously the shadow under which these events took place and which certainly must have been on his mind. hardcover books
183119428Hagers-Town Hagerstown: Printed by William D. Bell 1831. First edition. Fragile roan somewhat rubbed; some scattered foxing; a good sound copy. 12mo original tree roan professionally rebacked with brown Fabrikoid cloth new endpapers and the hinges reinforced with library cloth tape 131 1 pages. Hill relies on petroglyphs and other evidence to argue that the Native Americans are descended from the Jews. Hill here joins the queue of those who had made similar arguments; Rafinesque makes an explicit connection in the columns of his Atlantic Journal Autumn 1832 between Hill and his Antiquities Explained and the recently published Book of Mormon: "This opinion based upon some religious prejudices and slight acquaintance with philology and antiquities has been entertained by Penn Adair Boudinot and several other superficial writers among which Ira Hill author of a late work Antiquities of America Explained. Hagerstown Maryland 1831. It is to me astonishing how in this enlightened age any such unfounded belief can be sustained; if greater absurdities still did not prevail as yet among a few. Two recent instances of egregious folly based upon this singular tenet have induced me to republish my letter of 1829 which if read by those laboring under this delusion cannot fail to shake their belief. A new Religion or sect has been founded upon this belief! the Mormonites thus called after a new Alcoran or Book of Mormon which is not a Jewish name. Supposed to be written in gold letters more than 2000 years ago by Mormon leader of the American Jews. This Book which no one has seen nor read but the founder of the sect the probable writer thereof has been made the Bible of a new sect. I have tried in vain to procure a copy of the translation wherein I could certainly detect a crowd of absurdities and incongruities. Meantime a Sect of Fanatics has arisen therefrom and wandered from New York to Ohio and Missouri." Howes H-482; Sabin 31828. Somewhat clumsy later repair with a strip of paper to the blank verso across the tenth leaf of a five-inch tear with a little darkening to the text from the glue. Printed by William D. Bell, unknown books
1923284725Amsterdam 1923. unbound. very good. Exceptional lot of two A.L.S.'s from Palestine March and May 1923 written by Joseph B. Hurewitz to his friend from Hartford George Sschivolsky who attended Yale law school at the time. 1 8vo. 3 pages personal letterhead Jerusalem March 18 1923 Joseph writes that hte past three months have changed him entirely because he has just been ordained a Rabbi: "I have completed my work here at the Yeshiva. from Chief Rabbi Kirk however I do not intend to return and seek a flock to lead . at least not so soon". He continues that he intends to go into business with other "stranded Americans" and settled on Sheep. "There are half million sheep and thousands of pounds of wool are shorn every year. but no one has bothered to organize". He has written to several American importers. After congratulating his friend George on his Yale Law School studies he mentions that he has had friends visit him "Just a few weeks ago I had some visitors from Hartford. G.B. Schwartz and daughter Frances were here on a tour. The program of the Tour allowed but three days for Palestine but still they managed to see quite a bit of the Country". 2 8vo. 3 pages personal letterhead Jerusalem May 12 1923 he is anxious to tell of his business success: "Upon my return to Hebron I bought up several tons of wool. that will be shipped to the United States. We have landed an order for tens of thousands of pounds of wool. The importers of New York are opening a letter of credit in our favor." Much more information follows including his hesitation that he is not applying his Rabbinical teachings and a detailed account witnessing the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb by a small sect still in costume: "They had a High Priest officiate with a white crown on his head and the purple robes of a Pope. Everything is done according to the old rites. in many respects they resemble the Jews". This is a rare opportunity for the genealogical student of person desiring accounts of Palestine in the turbulent 1920's. Both letters are in fine condition and are accompanied by their original postmarked addressed envelopes.<br/><br/> Chief Rabbi of Hartford Connecticut until his death. His wife was Chanana Greenberg<br/><br/> unknown books
191014937Koln & Leipzig: Judischer Verlag 1910. First Edition. Two tall octavo volumes 25cm. Original buff wrappers printed in black; xv 404; vii 536pp. Ex-library with hand-stamps and spine labels; each volume with presentation bookplate to Hamilton Library from Elihu Root; texts clean tight an unmarked. Text entirely in German. Major scholarly work dealing with the 19th and early 20th century pogroms in Bessarabia Crimea Kiev Podillia Belarus Poland Russia etc wit particular attention to the then-recent pogroms of 1905. Uncommon in commerce. Judischer Verlag unknown books
188942686London: George Berridge & Co 1889. 1st separate edition. Printed blue paper wrappers. Age-toning & light wear/soiling. Bit of wear to spine paper. Very Good. 31 1 pp. Contents: The Eiffel tower -- Leprosy -- Rabies -- Parricide -- "The Battle of Life" -- Public Amusements. Oblong format: 4-1/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>Naphtali Herz Imber was a Jewish Hebrew-language poet most notable for writing a poem on which "Hatikvah" the Israeli national anthem is based. This piece first published in 1886 in his first book of poems Morning Star in Jerusalem. Then titled Tikvateinu; its very first version was written already in 1877 in Ia i Romania. It is this poem that soon became the lyrics of the Zionist anthem and later became the Israeli national anthem. Wiki. OCLC records 6 holding institutions of this Jewish poet's early pamphlet of which just 2 are in the US. George Berridge & Co unknown books
18241459New York: F. & R. Lockwood 1824. Very good. 80pp. plus frontispiece. 12mo. Original printed stiff wrappers; later paper spine. Light wear and soiling to wrappers contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Lightly foxed. Second American edition after the first of 1822. The sixth part of Irving's catechism series issued in twelve total parts though the only one related to Judaism. The work is divided into three books describing the Civil State Ecclesiastical State and Domestic Condition. Subjects covered include the Twelve Tribes of Israel the Sabbath synagogues and other places of divine worship annual religious festivals marriage and other domestic matters etc. The whole text is couched in the past tense and seems to focus primarily on historical Israelites. The frontispiece depicts a Passover Seder in which the participants are clothed in historical robes. Relatively scarce. OCLC locates four copies of this second edition -- New York Public Library University of Pennsylvania Salem Academy in North Carolina and the University of Liverpool. The cover of this copy bears the ownership inscription of Moses Lyman dated December 3 1824. Shoemaker 16677. Rosenbach 257. F. & R. Lockwood unknown books
501118"Stephen S Wise"; with holograph addition in green ink on letterhead New York March 20 1934 to Irving Mosbacher: ".how grateful I am for your word of friendly greeting which helped make the sixtieth birthday anniversary a happy occasion." 8vo 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
186937299San Francisco: Winterburn & Co.'s Print 417 Clay Street 1869. Broadside 7" x 8-1/2". Receipt letterhead printed in green. Columns and Lines printed in blue and red. "PAYABLE IN U.S. GOLD COIN" The letterhead describes the Company as "Importers of Clothing Domestics Rubber Boots Duck Etc." and gives its location as "14 and 16 Battery Street between Bush and Pine." A small fox mark at head of receipt otherwise Fine.<br/><br/> Levi Strauss 1829-1902 a Jewish immigrant from Bavaria founded the iconic Levi Strauss & Company. He immigrated to New York in 1846 to join his two older brothers at their wholesale dry goods business. He moved to San Francisco in 1853 attracted by the Gold Rush. He established a wholesale business and was the west coast representative of the New York family business. He later renamed the company Levi Strauss & Co. Originally a dry goods business it became famous for its blue jeans. Levi's customer Jacob Davis a Nevada tailor invented a way to make pants with rivets at points of strain to extend their life. Levi partnered with Davis and they were granted a patent on May 20 1873 from which the now famous blue jeans were born. <br/> In addition to his clothing company Levi was a charter member and treasurer of the San Francisco Board of Trade; director of the Nevada Bank; director of the Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Company; director of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company; and part owner of the Mission and Pacific Woolen Mills. In addition to his many business pursuits Levi was a philanthropist who contributed to the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Home; the Eureka Benevolent Society and the Hebrew Board of Relief. "The Story of Levi Strauss" website of Levi Strauss & Co. <br/> Jewish brothers Adolph Cohn 1833-1906 and Simon Cohn 1834-1926 worked together as dry good merchants in Downieville California at the time of this receipt. Their business is cited as A. Cohn & Co. and also as S. & A. Cohn or Cohn Brothers. All are listed in the 1870 & 1880 U.S. Federal Censuses Adolph living with his wife Sarah 1849-1937 and Simon living with a roommate. Adolph Cohn was at one time secretary of the Mountain Torrent No. 2 Company of the Downieville Volunteer Fire Department a member of the Mountain Shade Lodge No. 18 of Free and Accepted Masons; and an officer with the Blue Range Encampment No. 8 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Simon was also a member of the Masons. "A. Cohn & Co. receipts 1866-1877 Univ. California Berkeley Bancroft Library BANC MSS 2006/324; Fariss & Smith: ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF PLUMAS LASSEN & SIERRA COUNTIES. . . San Francisco: 1882 pp. 240 281 461-464. Winterburn & Co.'s Print, 417 Clay Street unknown books
196853467Los Angeles: Southern California Jewish Historical Society 1968-92. Ninety-three original issues in the original wrappers comprising an unbroken run but for a single issue from the debut issue in October 1968 to January 1992. Octavo; original printed card wrappers; most issues 96pp. Beginning with Vol. XVI the name changes to "Western States Jewish History." A few issues have old rubber-band adhesions to the covers; otherwise they are pristine most appearing unread. Missing is Vol. XX no 3 April 1989. Publisher's prospectus laid in to Vol. I no 1. <br/><br/>An attractive long run of this well-edited scholarly journal providing a rich vein of original historical research on Jewish communities west of the Missisisippi. Will occupy approximately 36" of shelf space. Southern California Jewish Historical Society unknown books
187937334New Orleans: Lilienthal's. 121 Canal Street Touro Building 1879. Cabinet Card oblong 4-1/4" x 6-1/2" depicting Hood's family with portraits of the late General and his wife. Copyright information in white script at bottom of the photo; "Lilienthal Artist" at lower blank margin. Very Good. Title explanatory text and Lilienthal's prominent logo on verso. <br/><br/> "In 1867 a German-born Jewish photographer Theodore Lilienthal 1829-1894 advertised the city's post-Civil War recovery through photographs presented at the Paris Exposition as well as to Napoleon III. Lilienthal also promoted New Orleans to northern investors in 1873 through a book of photographs. Lilienthal considered one of New Orleans's most successful photographers later involved himself in spreading the truth about anti-Semitism in the photography field by offering to distribute for free an article criticizing that practice" Pollack Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South Chapter 3. "Part of the first generation of photographers in New Orleans Theodore Lilienthal was the city's most successful nineteenth-century photographic entrepreneur. At the height of his commercial success from 1875 to 1885 he operated one of the largest studios in the South and was recognized as a pioneer of new photographic processes. His work as a portraitist and view maker was unsurpassed in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras" web site of 64parishes article on Lilienthal. <br/> Confederate General John Bell Hood-- known for his wild bravery his several serious wounds and his disastrous defeats at Atlanta and Franklin-Nashville-- married Anna Marie Hennen after the War. After producing eleven children in ten years including three sets of twins the General his wife and their oldest daughter contracted yellow fever and died. <br/> New Orleans and particularly veterans of Hood's Texas Brigade created the "Hood Relief Committee." In the photograph the ten orphans pose near portraits of their mother and father with a seat at far left open for their deceased sister Lydia. Printed caption on verso notes "Every Picture Sold adds to the Permanent Fund for the Education and maintenance of these 'Wards of the South.' Lilienthal's. 121 Canal Street Touro Building unknown books
183835428Boston: Published by Parker & Ditson 1838. 4to 12-3/4" x 10".7 1 blank pp. Disbound some loosening minor wear Good.<br/><br/> "Henry Russell 1812-1900 was an English pianist baritone singer and composer. Born into a distinguished Jewish family Russell was a great-nephew of Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschell. The composer lived in the United States from 1835 to 1841 whereupon he returned to England and spent the remainder of his artistic career producing musical extravaganzas. The present song is one of many instances of collaboration between lyricist Charles Mackay and musical composer Henry Russell. Other songs of theirs are: "There's a Good Time Coming" "Cheer Boys Cheer" and "To the West." <br/> "Mordecai Manuel Noah 1785-1851 was one of the most important figures of his time. He was a person of many accomplishments: lawyer newspaper editor playwright diplomat politician judge and major activist for Jewish causes. Noah commanded the respect of four U. S. Presidents: Adams Madison Jefferson and Jackson. It has been said that to the Jews of his day he was the quintessential American and to Americans he was the representative Jew" Kestenbaum.<br/>Kestenbaum Auction May 2013. Not in Rosenbach or Singerman. Evidently about twenty institutional holdings recorded on OCLC as of November 2018. Published by Parker & Ditson unknown books
38176Philadelphia: C. Sherman 5606. 12mo. 11 1pp. Publisher's plain wrappers<br/> <br/>Provenance: Leeser Library Hebrew Education Society inked stamp on title<br/> <br/>The founding of the American Jewish Publication Society: the first Jewish organization in the United States dedicated to the advancement of Jewish Culture and Religion.<br/> <br/>Isaac Leeser established the American Jewish Publication Society in 1845 in an effort to further Jewish education and defend against Christian missionaries. "The corresponding secretary and real workhorse of the Jewish Publication Society was Isaac Leeser" Sarna JPS and the Americanization of American Culture pp. 1-4. The Society published fourteen works in a series entitled Jewish Miscellany before falling subscriptions a stretched budget Leeser's busy schedule and finally a destructive fire brought its activities to an end in 1851. The Preamble of the Society's Constitution reads: "The subscribers deeply impressed with the necessity of fostering Jewish Literature and of diffusing the utmost possible knowledge among all classes of Israelites of the tenets of their religion and the history of their people; and feeling that the attainment of this project is beyond the means of any individual and that association is a powerful lever to foster any great and good cause do combine as a society for the purpose of carrying the above objects into effect and pledge themselves to each other to contribute all in their power to promote the interest of their association."<br/> <br/>Singerman 881. Not in Rosenbach. C. Sherman unknown books
191435880New York Washington 1914. Folio broadside printed in red and black inks photo illustration of about thirty-five middle-aged and elderly gentlemen including Felix Warburg sitting around a long table on which rest many documents. Light soil to a portion Very Good.<br/><br/> At the outbreak of World War I 60000 Jews in Ottoman Palestine faced starvation. The Joint Distribution Committee was organized at the instance of U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Henry Morgenthau and Jacob Schiff to alleviate the suffering. They raised the necessary funds and turned their attention to the nine million Jews along the Eastern Front. Felix Warburg was chairman; he and his colleagues were kept busy all during the War and thereafter. <br/>Not located on OCLC as of May 2019. unknown books
190716003JBoston: John W. Luce & Co 1907. First American Edition. Signed by Max Nordau with a revealing inscription dealing with anti-Semitism: “This play is called Doctor Kohn in the German original. The American editor insisted upon the change of title alleging an outspoken Jewish name would have a repulsing effect on the American reader and buyer. This shows remarkably an American publishers judgment of the degree of racial prejudice among his countrymen. Paris May 3d 1909 Dr. M. Nordau.†Max Nordau was a Hungarian-born doctor who settled in Paris in 1880 where he because a best-selling author not for his controversial works of social and artistic criticism and was a co-founder with Theodore Herzl of the Zionist Movement. Nordau helped draft the Basle Program at the first Zionist Congress in 1897 and played a major role in subsequent congresses. This book is the first translation in English which was originally published in German in 1898 and it concerns the question of intermarriage of Jews and Christians. Bookplate of writer Stephen Caplin. Very good plus to near fine copy in decorated gilt-stamped cloth. A remarkable copy. John W. Luce & Co hardcover books
192043666Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt 1920. First Limited Edition. One of 100 special copies on handmade paper with each of the eight original lithographs signed by the artist. Quarto 32cm; parchment-backed marbled boards; 88 2pp; frontispiece and seven inserted leaves of plates. Discreet repairs to parchment spine; small stain to front board near crown; mild thumb-soil to preliminary leaves. In all a fresh Very Good or better copy with all the signed lithographs present and in fine condition. Text in German translated from the Yiddish by Alexander Eliasberg. The very uncommon deluxe issue of this illustrated edition of short stories by noted Polish author and playwright translated from the original Yiddish by Alexander Eliasberg. Includes the stories "Zwei Wege" "Der Glasscherben" "Der Kolonist" "Die vierfarbige Laterne aund die vier kleinen Hunde" "Vom Irren in der Wüste" "Messias Zeiten" "Ein Chanukkatraum" and "Die Schwalben." Each story is accompanied by an original lithographic illustration by the German expressionist painter/printmaker Jakob Steinhardt each plate pencil-signed by the artist. Only one copy of the deluxe issue recorded at auction in the past two decades Hauff & Auvermann Berlin 2009; four copies in North American institutions per OCLC. Fritz Gurlitt unknown books
1702306604London: Charles Bill Executrix of Thomas Newcomb 1702. 453-454 pp. 4to. Contemporary blind-stamped paneled calf manuscript spine label. 453-454 pp. 4to. "To the end that sufficient maintenance be provided and allowed for the children of Jewish parents who shall turn Protestants ." The law was enacted in response to the case of Jacob de Mendez Berta who refused to support his 18-year-old daughter Mary after her conversion. The testimony of Mary and her Protestant supporters is recorded in the Journals of the House of Commons after which it was resolved that a bill i.e. the present Act be written to address her case.<br/><br/>The law remained in effect until the middle of the 19th century though it was enacted expressly for Mary de Mendez Berta's benefit and does not seem to have been enforced thereafter. <br/><br/>In bound collection of Acts from the reigns of William III years 13 & 14 and Queen Anne years 1-5. Charles Bill, Executrix of Thomas Newcomb unknown books
181825466<p>Elaborate receipt for Newport Rhode Island sale of land from estate of Benjamin Seixas 1747-1817 signed by numerous members of his family and members of the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Congregation who were heirs to the property known now as the Buliod-Perry House at 29 Touro Street to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry the great naval hero of the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813.</p> <b>EARLY AMERICAN JUDAICA. NAPHTALI PHILLIPS.</b>Manuscript Document Signed 1p folio 14½ x 21½ in. November 30 1818.<p><br /></p><p>This most important historic American Jewish document is signed by the following:</p><p><b>Jachebed Seixas</b> 1746-1828 wife of Moses Mendes Mendes.</p><p><b>Naphtali Phillips</b> 1773-1870. In 1796 Phillips took the first copy of George Washington's farewell address that came off the press of <i>the American Advertiser</i> a leading Philadelphia newspaper. In 1848 this document was placed in the cornerstone of the Washington Monument. On July 5 1797 Phillips married Rachel Hannah daughter of Moses Mendez Seixas a prominent Newport merchant and banker and a brother of Gershom Mendez Seixas known as "the patriotic Jewish minister of the American Revolution." Phillips was elected the first American born <i>parnass</i> of Mikveh Israel at the age of 25; he also helped to draft the new constitution of the synagogue. He soon returned to New York where he became <i>parnass</i>president of Shearith Israel the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue by 1816 and served for 14 terms. He was prominent in the affairs of the Democratic Party in New York City.</p><p><b>Rachel Phillips</b> 1798-1861 daughter of Benjamin M. Seixas; wife of Naphtali Phillips.</p><p><b>Samuel Lopez</b> probably the son of David Lopez died 1822.</p><p><b>Judy Judith Lopez</b> wife of Samuel Lopez.</p><p><b>Abby Seixas</b> 1784-1860 the second child of Benjamin Seixas to be named Abigail the first died in 1782.</p><p><b>Grace Seixas</b> 1794-1866 daughter of Benjamin M. Seixas. Married Jacob I. Cohen.</p><p><b>Hetty Seixas</b> 1789-1854 daughter of Benjamin Seixas.</p><p><b>S.T. Northem</b> trustee for the Estate of Benjamin Seixas.</p><p><b>Bilhah Seixas</b> 1781-1860 daughter of Benjamin Seixas.</p><p>To the left bottom are signatures of witnesses to those of the Seixas family children and relatives who signed on the right bottom side.</p><p>Attached to the top of the Seixas document is a separate document with the seal of the New York mayor's office guaranteeing the handwriting and signature of a New York Commissioner William L. Morris who has recorded the instrument of property transfer.</p><p><b>Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry</b> 1785-1819 was an American naval commander the older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Perry served in the West Indies during the Quasi War of 1798-1800 against France in the Mediterranean during the Barbary Wars of 1801-1815 and in the Caribbean fighting piracy and the slave trade; but he is most remembered for his heroic role in the War of 1812 during the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Supervising the building of a fleet at Erie Pennsylvania against the British he earned the title "Hero of Lake Erie" for leading the American forces in a decisive victory at the Battle of Lake Erie for which he received a gold medal from Congress. His leadership materially aided the successful outcomes of all nine Lake Erie military campaign victories and the victory was the turning point in the battle for the West in the War. His famous words "Don't Give Up the Ship" were emblazoned on his battle flag and his message to General William Henry Harrison; "We have met the enemy and they are ours…" are two of the most famous military quotes in American history.</p><p>Perry bought the property at 29 Touro Street delineated in this document with the idea of eventually retiring there. Unfortunately in 1819 while commanding the frigate <i>John Adams</i> sailing for the Oronoco River in Venezuela in an attempt to once again discourage piracy in the Americas he contracted yellow fever and died on August 24th 1819 on his 34th birthday. His family continued to occupy the Newport property until 1865 when it became headquarters for a naval training ship aptly named <i>the Oliver Hazard Perry</i>. His body was brought back to Newport and he was buried in the Island Cemetery where his brother Matthew C. Perry is also interred.</p><p>A most important unique and historic Newport document linking one of America's greatest naval heroes and a major Jewish American family.</p><p>Ex-collection: Justin Turner; Dr. William Coleman; By descent to heirs of Dr. Coleman; Bruce Gimelson</p><b>Partial Transcript:</b><p>"<i>Know all men by these Presents that Jachebed Seixas of Newport in the County of Newport and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Widow and Devisee of Moses Seixas late of said Newport deceased Naphtali Phillips of the City County and State of New York Gentleman and Rachel Phillips wife of said Naphtali Samuel Lopez of said New York Merchant and Judith Lopez wife of the said Samuel Bilhah Seixas Abigail Seixas Grace Seixas & Hetty Seixas all of said Newport single women and Stephen T. Northem of said Newport Merchant and Assignee of Benjamin Seixas of said Newport Gentleman in trust for the Creditors of the said Benjamin which said Rachel Judith Bilhah Abigail Grace Hetty and Benjamin are Children and Devisees of the said Moses Seixas; For and in Consideration of the sum of Four Thousand One hundred Dollars to us in hand well and truly paid before the unsealing and delivery hereof by OLIVER H. PERRY of said Newport Esquire the receipt whereof we do acknowledge have given granted bargained sold conveyed and confirmed and by these Presents do give grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto him the said OLIVER H. PERRY his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain Lot of Land situate in said Newport with the Dwellings house and other buildings thereon standing bounded North on Washington Square East on a gangway and on land of Asher Robbins: South on land late of Jonathan Marsh deceased and West on land late of Isaac Senter deceased being the same Estate on which the said Moses Seixas in his lifetime resided. To have and to hold the said granted Premises with the privileges and appertenances thereto belonging to him the said Oliver H. Perry his Heirs and Assigns forever.</i></p><p><i>And the said Naphtali Phillips and Rachel Phillips Samuel Lopez and Judith Lopez Bilhah Seixas Abigail Seixas Grace Seixas and Hetty Seixas for ourselves our Heirs Executors and Administrators do hereby Covenant to and with the said Oliver H. Perry his Heirs and Assigns that at and before the enscaling and delivery hereof the said Rachel Judith Bilhah Abigail Grace and Hetty are lawfully seized and possessed of six individual seventh parts of the said granted and described Premises in their own Right as of an Estate of Inheritance fee simple in remander that We have good right full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same to the said Oliver H. Perry to hold as aforesaid that We our Heirs Executors and Administrators shall and will forever Warrant and Defend the said six seventh parts of the said granted and described Premises to him the said Oliver H. Perry his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful claims and demands of all Persons.</i></p><p><i> In Witness whereof the said Grantors have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this thirtieth day of November the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen</i>"</p> books
38544Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman for the Editor 5605. Five volumes 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Hebrew and English text on facing pages. Contemporary black morocco covers elaborately tooled in gilt spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments yellow endpapers gilt edges expert repairs to joints and tops of spines.<br/> <br/>Provenance: M. Nathans name in gilt on the upper covers<br/> <br/>The first Jewish translation of the Pentateuch into English: in an elaborate contemporary binding.<br/> <br/>More than any other person of his time Isaac Leeser 1806-1868 envisioned the development of a major center of Jewish culture and religious activity in the United States. He single-handedly provided American Jews with many of the basic religious texts institutions and conceptual tools they needed to construct the cultural foundation of what would later emerge as the largest Jewish community in the history of the Jewish people. Printed in 1845 this edition of the Pentateuch in five volumes included a vocalized Hebrew text of each of the Five Books of Moses together with an English translation and notes as well as the haftarot prophetic readings. Leeser actually began working on The Law of God in 1838. Among the factors involved in his decision to begin systematically working on a translation was the recent opening of Rebecca Gratz's Sunday School which met for the first time in March 1838 in Philadelphia and was desperately in need of appropriate study material. Students were compelled to use the King James Bible for want of a Jewish alternative. Religiously objectionable passages in other texts provided by Protestant organizations were either pasted over or torn out by Gratz's staff. Leeser who supported the Sunday School and was its chief academic resource person felt compelled to find more suitable texts for the students. The impetus for Leeser throughout was always his desire to provide the Jews of America with an English text of the Bible that was produced by one of their own and was not tainted by conversionist motivations. This binding is consistent with similar bindings on gift books of the era published and bound by Lippincott. This example with provenance to M. Nathans likely Moses Nathans 1811-1873 a prominent congregant of Philadelphia's Congregation Mikveh Israel.<br/> <br/>Rosenbach 569; Singerman 884; Goldman 7; Lance J. Sussman "Another Look at Isaac Leeser and the First Jewish Translation of the Bible in the United States" Modern Judaism Vol. 5 No. 2 Gershom Scholem Memorial Issue. May 1985 pp. 159-190. Printed by C. Sherman for the Editor unknown books
39481Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 5605. 8vo 5 volumes. 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Hebrew and English text on facing pages. Each volume inscribed at the head of the English-language title "To my beloved wife from her affectionate husband" the first volume with a later family annotation. Contemporary purple morocco spine in six compartments with raised bands lettered in gilt in the second and fourth repeating gilt decoration in others marbled edges marbled endpapers.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Solomon Nunes Carvalho each cover stamped in gilt<br/> <br/>Rare large-paper association copy of the first Jewish translation of the Pentateuch into English.<br/> <br/>More than any other person of his time Isaac Leeser 1806-1868 envisioned the development of a major center of Jewish culture and religious activity in the United States. He single-handedly provided American Jews with many of the basic religious texts institutions and conceptual tools they needed to construct the cultural foundation of what would later emerge as the largest Jewish community in the history of the Jewish people. Printed in 1845 this edition of the Pentateuch in five volumes included a vocalized Hebrew text of each of the Five Books of Moses together with an English translation and notes as well as the haftarot prophetic readings. Leeser actually began working on The Law of God in 1838. Among the factors involved in his decision to begin systematically working on a translation was the recent opening of Rebecca Gratz's Sunday School which met for the first time in March 1838 in Philadelphia and was desperately in need of appropriate study material. Students were compelled to use the King James Bible for want of a Jewish alternative. Religiously objectionable passages in other texts provided by Protestant organizations were either pasted over or torn out by Gratz's staff. Leeser who supported the Sunday School and was its chief academic resource person felt compelled to find more suitable texts for the students. The impetus for Leeser throughout was always his desire to provide the Jews of America with an English text of the Bible that was produced by one of their own and was not tainted by conversionist motivations. This copy with provenance to Solomon Nunes Carvalho who was a noted American painter photographer writer and inventor best known for traveling with John C. Fremont on his fifth expedition through Kansas Colorado and Utah. He published an account of that journey titled "Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West; with Colonel Fremont's Last Expedition" 1860 and was considered a pioneer in travel photography. Isaac Leeser the hazzan of Congregation K.K. Mikveh Israel married Carvalho and his wife Sarah Miriam Solis on October 15 1845 in Philadelphia where Carvalho's father had a workshop.<br/> <br/>Rosenbach 569; Singerman 884; Goldman 7; Lance J. Sussman "Another Look at Isaac Leeser and the First Jewish Translation of the Bible in the United States" Modern Judaism Vol. 5 No. 2 Gershom Scholem Memorial Issue. May 1985 pp. 159-190. Printed by C. Sherman unknown books
