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Legal Document Regarding Land Subdivision in St. Louis, Missouri, November 20, 1835

PETION - TO SUB.DIVIDE LAND ASD BY COHEN AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY; St. Louis, Missouri.....11/20/1835...Thomas Cohen was a silversmith and watchmaker who came to Chillicothe from Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1815, and left in 1817. His father?s name was Jacob Cohen. Since the younger Cohen had a Christian given name, the elder Cohen was probably a Jew married to a non-Jewish woman who raised their children Christian (a not-uncommon occurrence in the colonial era).

Associated People/Businesses

COHEN, THOMAS

Geography

St. Louis

Subjects

Land subdivision
Property law
St. Louis (Mo.) -- History
Legal Documents
Missouri -- History

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 8, Folder 1