Subject: Charitable contributions

Five printed receipts, with ink completion, documenting charitable donations to Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia between 1850 and 1854. Each receipt includes the donor's name and signature; one receipt is incomplete. Receipts measure approximately 3 x 8 inches.

Five printed receipts, partially completed in ink, documenting charitable donations to Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia between 1850 and 1854. Each receipt includes the donor's name and, in at least one instance, the signature of Hyman Gratz, Vice President. The receipts are in English and contain partial Hebrew text. Two of the five receipts are present in this record.

Five printed receipts, three of which are complete, documenting charitable donations to Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia between 1850 and 1854. Each receipt includes the donor's name and signature. One receipt bears the signature of Hyman Gratz, Vice President of the Congregation. The receipts are partially written in Hebrew.

Five printed receipts, completed in ink, documenting charitable donations to Mikveh Israel Synagogue. Each receipt measures 3 x 8 inches and includes the donor's name and signature. One receipt is incomplete. The receipts are dated between 1850 and 1854. One receipt bears the signature of Gratz, Vice President. A sixth receipt is blank.

Five printed receipts, four complete and one partially completed, documenting charitable donations to Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The receipts span the years 1850-1854. Four of the receipts include the donor's name and signature. One receipt is signed by Hyman Gratz, Vice President. The receipts are written in English and contain partial Hebrew words.

Period copy of a letter dated January 19, 1847, from Moses Montifiore to Gershom Kursheedt and Solomon Isaacs in New York. The letter expresses gratitude for the congregations' donation of 64 pounds sterling to "our poor brethren in the Holy Land." Montifiore notes that the Distribution Committee in Amsterdam will manage the disbursement of funds. The verso contains a note requesting publication of the letter, suggesting its intended publication in the Occident, edited by Isaac Leeser. The letter is a full single page measuring 8" x 10". A related item (20-658) in the collection documents a separate donation of one hundred and forty dollars sent to Hersh Lehrem in Amsterdam for the same purpose. By 1824, the Amarkalim Society in Amsterdam served as the primary collection agency for charitable aid to the Holy Land, with significant contributions from Gershom Kursheedt and Shearith Israel.

Three-page letter written by N. Phillips, Clerk at Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, to Hersh Lehren of the Pekidim and Amarkalim Society in Amsterdam, Netherlands, dated March 1, 1846. The letter details the remittance of funds collected from sedaka boxes at Congregation Shearith Israel, Bet Haim cemetery, and other individuals for the benefit of the poor in the Holy Land. Contributors named include Gershom Kursheedt, H. Goldberg, and S. Abrahams. This letter exemplifies the organized international Jewish effort to aid the poor in Palestine.

Copy of a letter dated July 24, 1837, from a committee of the Kaal Kodosh Nierdha Israel congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. The letter addresses the community's affairs and solicits donations. The letter's geographic context is Baltimore, MD.

Purchaser's receipt from the American Relief Administration for a $20 donation. The receipt is trilingual (English, Yiddish, Russian) and indicates that a donation would result in the sending of clothing to a designated recipient. Herbert Hoover was the chairman.

A receipt dated February 28, 1903, documenting a $5 donation to the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio. The receipt bears the signature of M. Buchmann and indicates that Joe Harberg made the donation.

Printed and handwritten receipt issued by Congregation Shearith Israel to Charles Tobias for donations received during the third and fourth quarters of 1841. The receipt is signed by D. Phillips Cohn. It measures 7.5" x 2.5".

Printed and handwritten receipt issued by Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, New York to Henry Tobias for donations received during the first two quarters of 1841. The receipt is signed by D. Phillips Cohn. Measures 7.75" x 3.25".