Subject: Asylums

Newspaper clipping from the *Boston Commercial Gazette*, dated February 3, 1820, featuring an early report on Mordecai Manuel Noah's efforts to establish a Jewish asylum on Grand Island, near Buffalo, New York. The article details Noah's proposal to the New York State Legislature, including his offer to pay one-eighth of the cost and subsequent installments. It mentions the laying of the cornerstone of the asylum, later named "Ararat," in 1825 with much ceremony. The clipping is from Volume B, Page 15 of the archive.

A complimentary ticket issued by Lewis Gotthold to Rev. Isaac Leeser for a benefit performance to raise funds for an Asylum for the Aged and Infirmed. The ticket is inscribed to Rev. Isaac Leeser on the front and signed by Lewis Gotthold on the back. Date: November 17, 1864.

Letter from Simeon N. Leo, an insurance, note, and exchange broker in New York City, to Isaac Leeser, editor of The Occident, in Philadelphia. Dated February 8, 1864, the letter includes a ticket to a fundraiser at Niblo's Saloon to benefit an asylum for aged and infirm Jews. Leo requests a free advertisement in The Occident for the event.

Photograph of the Hebrew Hospital and Asylum. The photograph is dated January 1, 1916. The image is part of the M Collection, located in Ms. Coll. 1410, Box 6, Folder 22. The geographic location is Baltimore, Maryland.

This is a trade card for Isaac Benselum, a minister at the Lunatic Asylum and Civil Prison Hebrew Department. The front of the card contains a handwritten English greeting as well as a Hebrew greeting for the new year. This card was found in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The card is printed on thin paper and has a blue border.