Geography: Montgomery Township


Associated Items

Baptismal Certificate of Martin Wetzler, Allentown, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1844 Baptismal Certificate of Martin Wetzler, Allentown, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1844

Printed baptismal certificate filled in and signed in Hebrew and Yiddish by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1844. The certificate features a stylized drawing of Solomon's Temple and incorporates freehand coloring. This item is significant due to Wetzler's unique status as a Jewish scrivener in the Lehigh Valley at the time, where he was known as the "Jewish Dindamann" (penman).