Wooden and cardboard two-piece flat container for lead pencil refills. Approximately 3.0" in length by 1.5" wide, with a removable cardboard top. Original paper label is intact and legible, showing normal storage wear. Contains lead pieces. Labeled "Henry Cohen Manufacturing Est. London 1803 & Manufacturing Est. Philadelphia 1838." This stationery firm belonged to Henry Cohen, a leader in the Philadelphia Jewish community and father of Mary Cohen. His brother in England also ran the manufacturing and stationery establishment; he was also an inventor.
Subject: Jewish Community Philadelphia
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A single-sheet manuscript, circa 1850, constituting the annual report of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia. The report includes a list of officers and board members elected for the ensuing year, among them Solomon Solis (President), Moses A. Dropsie, and Isaac Leeser. It also contains a treasurer's report and notes donations, including one from the Portuguese Congregation. This original document, found among Isaac Leeser's papers, was likely intended for publication in "The Occident." The report details the society's activities, including the opening of its first school in 1851 at the Phœnix Hose House on Zane (now Filbert) Street. The Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia, organized July 16, 1848, was one of the oldest such societies in the United States. Its charter, granted April 7, 1849, authorized the establishment of schools for general and Hebrew education, and a superior seminary.