Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society Check, 1869


Check for $5000 issued to the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society of the City of New York on July 10, 1869. The check is endorsed by Henry Goldsmith, Secretary of the Asylum, and signed by Mayor A. Oakley Hall and Comptroller Richard B. Connolly. Hall and Connolly were associated with the corrupt Tweed Ring.


Associated People/Businesses

  • Goldsmith, Henry
  • Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898
  • Connolly, Richard B. (Richard Barrett), 1810-1880
  • Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society of the City of New York
  • National Broadway Bank

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 70