This broadside advertises the services of Moses A. Dropsie's watchmaker's shop, located at 57 North Third Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The advertisement lists watches, jewelry, spectacles, and electromagnetic batteries for rheumatic conditions, along with watchmaker's tools, as items available for sale or repair. The broadside is undated but is consistent with Dropsie's watchmaking career (1839-1848), before he pursued a career in law. The collection also includes Dropsie's journals from his time as a watchmaker.
Subject: Jewish Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
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Four-page letter from Ellen Solis in New York, New York, to her sister, Mathilda Samuel Cohen, in Fort Hamilton, New York, dated June 2, 1848. The letter contains detailed family information and is one of six letters written to Mrs. Henry Cohen from various relatives. This archive offers insight into the daily life of a prominent Philadelphia Jewish family.