Partly-printed receipt document, signed, measuring 8 x 3-1/4 inches. Issued in New York on October 1, 1843, to Frederick M. Tobias from the Trustees of Congregation Shearith Israel. The receipt details a $20 offering by Tobias and a $5 offering on behalf of his sister. The document is signed by D. Phillips.
Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs
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Issue of The New York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette newspaper published in New York, New York on September 26, 1829. This issue contains a steel engraving of the Elm Street Synagogue and a three-inch article about its construction and use by German and Polish Jews beginning in the summer of 1826. This may be the earliest known image of the second congregation in New York City.