Receipt signed by Jacob and Naphtali Hart, Easton, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1813

Signed receipt dated August 3, 1813, payable to Nathan Jennings and signed by Jacob and Naphtali Hart, sons of Michael Hart. This receipt may relate to a court case settled in 1811. Michael Hart (1738-March 23, 1813) was a wealthy resident of Easton, Pennsylvania, a member of the first fire company, a Revolutionary War veteran, and an original member of the Mikveh Israel Congregation in Philadelphia (1782). In 1800, he deeded land on South Sixth Street in Easton to his son Jacob for a Jewish burial place. This cemetery was later transferred to Congregation Brith Sholom (now Temple Covenant of Peace) in 1839. His first wife, Leah, died July 4, 1786, aged 32; his second wife, Esther, was the daughter of Rev. Jacob Raphael Cohen. By 1820, the Hart family had left Easton, and there is no record of a permanent Jewish community there until the late 1830s.

Associated People/Businesses

• HART, JACOB / HART, NAPHTALI

Geography

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Subjects

• Hart family
• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 9, Folder 7