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Subject: Bread


Financial Records of the 85 Race Street Bakery and Congregation Mikveh Israel: Payment for Passover Bread, Philadelphia, 1857 Financial Records of the 85 Race Street Bakery and Congregation Mikveh Israel: Payment for Passover Bread, Philadelphia, 1857

Two financial notes on a letter sheet featuring lithographs of steamships, sailing ships, and the 85 Race Street Bakery in Philadelphia. The notes detail payments for Passover bread made to William Essen's bakery by the Congregation Mikveh Israel in May 1857. One note, dated May 11, 1857, is from Isaac Rheinstrom authorizing Abraham Hart to pay Essen $80. The second note, dated May 19, 1857, confirms that A.S. Wolf, Treasurer, paid Essen $80 for the bread.