Draft agreement between Congregation B'nai Jeshurun and Congregation Sha'ari Tephila in New York, NY, concerning the sale of a portion of their cemetery near Cypress Hills for $3000. The agreement references the laws of Beth Olom Cemetery and is dated April 15, 1856. Multiple drafts with corrections are present.
Subject: Land Sales
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A three-page letter written by Samuel Janison of Savannah, Georgia, to Louis E. Levy, President of the Jewish Immigration Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 12, 1890. Janison proposes the sale of land in Georgia for the establishment of a Jewish farming colony.
A letter written by Solomon Billitz on March 20, 1879, to Heidenheimer Bros. in Galveston, Texas. The letter, written on the letterhead of H. Schifer & Co., a Houston, Texas scrap dealer, discusses a land sale involving rice and sugar and questions the legality of the transaction. D. Rosenthal is listed as the manager of H. Schifer & Co.
Trade Card: Cone Brothers, Publishers of the Emigrants' Guide, circa 1885Trade card advertising Cone Brothers, publishers of the Emigrants' Guide. The address 409 Locust Street is handwritten over 5 South Fifth Street. The reverse details land for sale. Circa 1885.