Subject: 19th Century Pennsylvania

Printed baptismal certificate filled in and signed by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener, for William Warwood on April 28, 1869 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The certificate, printed by Leifenring in Allentown, is notable for Wetzler's rarity as a Jewish scrivener in the Lehigh Valley at that time. Wetzler, known as the "Jewish Dindamann" (penman), wrote in Hebrew, German, and English and sometimes included a Star of David on these Christian certificates.

Deed signed by Israel Israel, son of Michael, to Paul Beck Jr. dated March 28, 1801 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Israel Israel, described as having been raised as a Christian, amassed a fortune by age 21, and served as High Sheriff of Philadelphia in 1800.

Letter dated April 2, 1839, from the Baltimore Police to the Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, informing him of the arrest of Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Wilman, suspected murderers of a Jewish peddler. The letter requests further information from Lancaster for the suspects' final commitment. The event generated sufficient interest to warrant a pamphlet account of the trial printed in Lancaster in 1839. Lazarus Zellerbach, a Pittsburgh resident and one of five known Jews in Pittsburgh in 1839, is mentioned.

A letter dated July 25, 1843, from Secku Meylert in Montrose, Pennsylvania, to John M. Read in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter includes a copy of a letter Meylert received from Christian Kunckel regarding a rejected business proposition and a proposed meeting in Wilkes Barre to settle the dispute. Meylert also updates Read on his travel plans.

Pamphlet reporting on the trial of Henry Kobler Musselman and Lewis Willman for the murder of Lazarus Zellerbach, a Jewish peddler in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by Forney, Printer in 1839. The pamphlet includes Kobler's confession to Willman, the Attorney General's speech, and the judge's charge to the jury. Zellerbach, described as a German peddler with limited English proficiency, was found murdered. Musselman was captured in Baltimore and convicted, later executed. Willman, Musselman's servant, turned state's evidence. Fellow Jewish peddlers testified. McDade 708. Cohen 12898. Not in Singerman. OCLC 3211424 [7], as of January 2018. American Imprints records an additional 15 pages after page 56, but all other sources end at page 56.