Printed baptismal certificate for Georg and Catharina Loeb, issued in Allentown, Pennsylvania on April 18, 1861. The certificate is filled in and signed in Hebrew by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener known for his work in the Lehigh Valley. The certificate features a Jewish star within the name of Benhiemer and Wetzler's Hebrew signature.
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A filled-in and signed baptismal certificate written in Hebrew and Yiddish. The certificate, printed by Blumer, Busch & Co. in Allentown, PA, was created for Jacob Hartling and completed by Martin Wetzler on April 26, 1856. It features Jewish stars and Wetzler's distinctive Yiddish signature. The unusual birthdate of 1829 is noted.
Printed baptismal certificate filled in and signed in Hebrew (Yiddish) by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, PA, on October 4, 1864. The certificate is for Heinrich Roth. The form was completed with watercolors. This item is significant due to Wetzler's rarity as a Jewish scrivener in the Lehigh Valley at that time.
Birth certificate of Michael Cassyte, created on April 10, 1861 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The certificate is a Taufshine, a type of Pennsylvania German birth certificate, filled in and signed in Hebrew and German by Martin Wetzler, a Jewish scrivener. The document is significant due to Wetzler's Jewish identity, a rarity for a scrivener in the Lehigh Valley at the time. Wetzler's signature includes a Star of David.