City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent Loan Bond

A six percent loan bearer bond issued by the City of Philadelphia on January 13, 1872. This bond, part of a collection of ten, was issued to "Har Nevah Lodge No. 12 in trust for K. Goldberg, Joseph Cohen, R. Brunswick, S. Hamerschlay and M. Reese." The bonds feature illustrations of Philadelphia City Hall, early locomotives, a wharf, George Washington, a cobbler, and Benjamin Franklin. The collection includes bonds issued to various Jewish organizations and investors in Philadelphia, with amounts ranging from $100 to $9,000. Five bonds are dated in the 1850s, four in the 1860s, and one in 1872. Prominent recipients include Joseph L. Moss, Isaac J. Phillips, S. Tobias, S. M. Etting, Philip Nathans, and Aaron J. Seligman. Two bonds are issued to Henry Myer Phillips and his companion, Constant Guillon.

Associated People/Businesses

• Seligman, Aaron J.

Geography

• Philadelphia

Subjects

• Bonds
• Municipal finance
• Jewish way of life
• Nineteenth century

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 3, Folder 14