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Birth Certificate of Michael Cassyte: A Pennsylvania German Taufshine Inscribed by Martin Wetzler

Birth certificate of Michael Cassyte, created on April 10, 1861 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The certificate is a Taufshine, a type of Pennsylvania German birth certificate, filled in and signed in Hebrew and German by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener. The document is significant due to Wetzler's Jewish identity, a rarity for a scrivener in the Lehigh Valley at the time. Wetzler's signature includes a Star of David.

Associated People/Businesses

Wetzler, Martin
Magbasenz, Maria
Cassyte, Michael
WETZLER, MARTIN

Geography

Bucks County

Subjects

Birth certificates
Pennsylvania Dutch
Calligraphy

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Oversize Box 1, Folder 2