Subject: Burial

Broadside announcing a special meeting of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 1, 1849, to enact by-laws regarding burial grounds and interment rules. Printed on blue paper, measuring 8" x 12".

This 11-page pamphlet contains the president's address and secretary's annual report from Congregation Ohabei Shalom in Boston, Massachusetts, dated April 1, 1886. The report notably includes a discussion of burial customs and unique fees, along with strategies to attract new members. Isaac Rosnosky and S. Simons are named as individuals associated with the report.

This legal deed records the sale of a cemetery plot (Lot No. 21, Sec. No. 13) in Mount Hope Cemetery by the Phoenix Widow and Orphan Aid Society to Isak Traub. The transaction, dated December 7, 1884, was for the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). The document details the terms of the sale and includes the "Rules and Regulations of the Mount Hope Cemetery." The cover features prominent, ornate Victorian-style lettering for the word "Deed" and calligraphic script for the buyer's name. 3.

Two-page letter written by Emanuel Sampson to Reverend Isaac Leeser on July 19, 1847, from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sampson recounts a charitable act by Joseph Andrews in Memphis, Tennessee, who provided a burial plot for Sampson's deceased son and suggests that this act be reported in the Occident.

Booklet outlining the modified regulatory provisions for the Gemiloeth Chasadim organization in Paramaribo, Suriname, 1904. The regulations pertain to Jewish funeral practices, including ritual washing and burial. Published in Paramaribo, Suriname.

A resolution, likely written by Isaac Leeser, granting permission for the burial of Frederick Samuel, a non-member of Mikveh Israel, in the cemetery. The resolution stipulates that services and shiva be conducted by Leeser and that a fee of $100 be paid. The document is undated but is clearly in Leeser's hand and is estimated to be from the early 1840s. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1842.

This handbook, prepared by a committee of the Jewish Ministers Association of America, provides guidance for ministers on conducting burial services. Published in New York in 1890, it offers practical instructions and liturgical resources for Jewish funeral rites. The book contains 18 pages and is a valuable resource for understanding the funeral practices of late 19th-century American Jewry.