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Order from Elizabeth Randolph to Cohen & Isaacs for Groceries, January 11, 1787

Manuscript order dated January 11, 1787, from Elizabeth Randolph, wife of Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph, to Messrs. Cohen & Isaacs, a mercantile firm in Richmond, Virginia. The order details the purchase of half a bushel of alum salt, twelve pounds of sugar, and two pounds of salts. The reverse side possibly contains Hebrew docket markings. This document offers insight into the daily life of a prominent colonial family and the operations of a Jewish mercantile business in 18th-century Virginia.

Associated People/Businesses

Randolph, Elizabeth
COHEN, JACOB / ISAACS, ISAIAH

Geography

Richmond

Subjects

Jewish merchants
Groceries

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 7, Folder 3