This archival collection consists of three items: an envelope, a letterhead/invoice, and a creditors' notice broadside. The envelope, postmarked from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sent by Samuel Haas, assignee for the bankruptcy of M. Stern & Co., a wholesale liquor dealer. The enclosed broadside (March 14, 1878) notifies creditors of the bankruptcy and instructs them to remit funds to Haas. A letter on M. Stern & Co. letterhead (March 21, 1878) requests payment from F. A. Kinkle in Vermillion, Dakota Territory.
Subject: Creditors
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A letter written by A. H. Rosenheim in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1844, to an attorney in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The letter concerns the estate of Simon Mayer Levi, a peddler killed by a train between Pottsville and Reading two years prior. Rosenheim, a creditor of Levi, seeks assistance in settling the estate to ensure creditors are paid.
A one-page letter dated April 20, 1880, from I. Frankenthal, assignee, to Ebenezer C. Bailey in Charlotte, North Carolina. Frankenthal informs Bailey, a creditor of Lehman Asiel, about the assignment of Asiel's goods and effects for settlement with creditors. Frankenthal seeks Bailey's advice on the sale of Asiel's goods.
Printed broadside letter to the creditors of the bankrupt Bank of Louisiana, dated May 28, 1870. The letter lists numerous creditors, many Jewish individuals and organizations, including the Shiff family, Hebrew Congregation Shangari, and the Israelites Charitable Association. The amounts owed vary, with the Shiff family's debt significantly larger than others.