Fuerth Haggadah: Birth Records of the Isacks Family, Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, 1796-1803

This rare Early American Haggadah, owned by J.I. Cohen and later Isaiah Isacks, serves as a unique record of the Isacks family births. Inscribed with Cohen's ownership notation ("This Book belongs to J. I. Cohen bought at Bristol March 3, 1787"), it documents the births of Fanny, David, Rebecca, Sarah, and Hays Isacks in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, between 1796 and 1803, as well as the death of their mother, Hetty Hays Isacks in 1803. The Haggadah provides valuable genealogical information supplementing Malcolm Stern's work and offers a rare example of a Haggadah used to record birth records, a practice noted as unprecedented by Dr. Sarna. The book's owners, J.I. Cohen and Isaiah Isacks, were prominent early American Jewish businessmen in Virginia, involved in commerce, land dealings, and philanthropy. Their business partnership financed Daniel Boone's explorations of Kentucky.

Associated People/Businesses

• COHEN, JACOB I. (1744 - 1823) / Isacks, Isaiah (1747-1806)

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Subjects

• Haggadot
• Genealogy

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