Geography: Netherlands

Three-page letter written by N. Phillips, Clerk at Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, to Hersh Lehren of the Pekidim and Amarkalim Society in Amsterdam, Netherlands, dated March 1, 1846. The letter details the remittance of funds collected from sedaka boxes at Congregation Shearith Israel, Bet Haim cemetery, and other individuals for the benefit of the poor in the Holy Land. Contributors named include Gershom Kursheedt, H. Goldberg, and S. Abrahams. This letter exemplifies the organized international Jewish effort to aid the poor in Palestine.

Demand note dated June 9, 1785, issued by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in Savannah, Georgia, payable to Philip Jacob Cohen in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The note is signed by Wayne and endorsed by Philip Jacob Cohen. This financial record relates to Wayne's acquisition and subsequent loss of an 800-acre rice plantation in Georgia. Further details on this transaction are available in related correspondence (ref. 20.291).

Bill of exchange dated December 31, 1794, drawn by C. Dutih & Wachsmith in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and endorsed to Barnett & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bill of exchange represents a transaction between businesses, highlighting international commerce between the Netherlands and the United States in the late 18th century. Nathan Barnett, who is mentioned in relation to this bill, was a member of Mikvah Israel and originally from Holland. His wife, Elizabeth (Sheprah) Barnett, later married Naphtaly Hart.

This manuscript, titled *Sefer Ta'amulot Hokhmah* ("Book of Secrets of Wisdom"), is a collection of medical recipes, cures, amulets, and other writings by Aron Henriques da Cunha, a Jewish doctor or pharmacist practicing in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean Islands between 1770 and 1820. Written in a mix of Spanish, Dutch, German, and Hebrew, the manuscript also includes seven leaves of genealogical records for Cunha's family in the Caribbean and Naarden, Holland, dating up to 1835. The manuscript is described as a personal notebook where the physician recorded his work over an extended period; while some passages may be copied from other sources, the work is largely original.

Bill of exchange (number 610) issued in Curaçao on October 8, 1863, by the Ministerie van Kolonien (Ministry of Colonies) to the Jesurun family (Sarah, Rachael, Judith, Abigail, Gravia, Ester, and Moses) for 1000 guilders. This compensation was paid to former slave owners for the manumission of slaves previously owned by Moises Abraham Jesurun (d. 1853), a former parnas and mohel of the Mikveh Yisrael congregation. The document, signed by Governor J. D. Crol, bears numerous endorsements, seals, and stamps from various banking establishments, tracing its journey to Amsterdam, where it was redeemed on December 22, 1863. The bill consists of two leaves; the first is printed and filled, and the second is in manuscript form. This document relates to the abolition of slavery in the Dutch colonies in 1863.

Letter written by Anthony Wayne from Charleston, South Carolina on July 29, 1785, concerning a judgment in Chester, South Carolina. The letter references other related documents in this collection.