This pamphlet contains the first annual report of the Jewish Foster Home Society of Philadelphia, published in 1856. The report lists hundreds of names of individuals and families associated with the organization, including notable figures such as Rebecca Gratz, Hymen Gratz, Uriah Levy, Abraham Hart, and the Geyser family of New York City. The report also includes an address by J. Binswanger, who gives the society's address as 146 Franklin Street, Philadelphia. This is the only known copy of this report, and it is not listed in Singerman.
Subject: Jewish Foster Home Society of Philadelphia
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Collection of materials related to the Jewish Foster Home Society of Philadelphia. Includes handwritten minutes from the eighth annual meeting on approximately February 24, 1863, and three printed invitations to annual meetings (February 14, 1860; February 10, 1863; and February 20, 186[?]). The letters are from Evelyn Bomeisler to Isaac Leeser, and were written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1860 and 1863.