Bill of Exchange, written on an approximately 19 x 15 cm sheet, dated November 16, 1740. The bill, drawn by the Duke of Newcastle (who became Prime Minister in 1754), instructs Albert Nesbitt & Company of London to pay Michael David five hundred pounds. The verso displays three endorsements in French and Dutch, indicating transfers between Michael David, Berend Heyman, Heen Eliaser, Samuel Levy, and David Levy. This document highlights the transnational financial activities of Jewish financiers, with connections to David Franks, a partner with Nesbitt & Company in supplying the British army during the French and Indian War.
Subject: 18th Century Finance
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A partly printed bill of exchange for £369.6.8 Sterling, payable sixty days after sight, from Moses Castella in Philadelphia to Thomas Ewing in London, on account of Elizer & Jacob Montefiore in London. Dated July 26, 1796. Accompanied by a manuscript note detailing transaction fees and a notarized manuscript document. The document bears several cancelled endorsements and a blind-embossed tax stamp.
Promissory note issued by Mayer Salomon to Moses Hart on March 17, 1790. The note is also signed by Moses Hart on the verso. This document is part of a larger archive of 56 documents related to the division of the estate of Aaron Hart, who died on December 28, 1800, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. These documents were found among the papers of Judge James Reid (1769-1848), the Hart family's lawyer. This specific item is categorized as an evidential document predating Aaron Hart's death, supporting various claims within the estate settlement. The archive primarily consists of mercantile papers, such as ledger sheets and promissory notes.
A promissory note payable for $1500.00 in 90 days to John Brown. The note is dated June 17, 1795, and is endorsed on the verso by John Brown, E. Ewald, and Alex Fullerton. This is reportedly the only known commercial record of Abraham Lindo's presence in Philadelphia. Additional names mentioned in connection with the note are A. Lindo and Holmes & Rainey.
Promissory note from Levy & Solomons to Jonathan Hart, dated April 1, 1795, in Montreal, Canada. This document is one of 56 from the Aaron Hart archive, predating his death on December 28, 1800, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The documents were found among the papers of Judge James Reid (1769-1848), the Hart family lawyer. This note is part of a subset of approximately 28 mercantile papers, including ledger sheets and promissory notes, providing evidence supporting various claims related to the division of Aaron Hart's estate.
This archival item consists of three Bank of Baltimore stock certificates, dated June 30, 1798, issued to Hetty Levy. The certificates are printed on a single sheet measuring 4" x 13". The ownership of these certificates by Hetty Levy is significant, as female stock ownership was unusual during this period in American history, and this is the only known example of a Jewish woman owning such stock. Hetty Levy was the daughter of Benjamin Levy, a prominent Baltimore merchant and one of the founders of the Bank of Baltimore, and a known Jewish colonial financier who signed Colonial Notes. Accompanying the certificates is biographical information about Hetty Levy and her father, including details about Benjamin Levy's mercantile business in Baltimore starting in 1773, and the early Jewish community in Baltimore.