Deed for Property Purchase by Mizpah Agricultural and Industrial Company, New Jersey, September 29, 1892

Partially printed deed, signed by Julius D. Eisenstein as President of the Mizpah Agricultural and Industrial Company, Michael S. Mirsky as Secretary, and Ralph Nathan as Commissioner for New Jersey in New York. The deed details the purchase of property from the West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad Company for a "Russian-Hebrew" communal colony. The three-page folio document is partially printed and completed in manuscript. The Mizpah colony, founded in part by Eisenstein, was an attempt to establish an agricultural settlement for Russian-Jewish immigrants in southern New Jersey. The colony's history is marked by challenges, including poor land quality and difficult living conditions for its early inhabitants. This deed provides crucial documentation of the colony's early development and its connection to broader patterns of Jewish immigration and settlement in the United States.

Associated People/Businesses

• Eisenstein, Julius D. (1854-1956) / Mirsky, Michael / Nathan, Ralph

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Land tenure
• Real estate business

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 15, Folder 3