Subject: Notaries

Cast iron ash tray modeled as a book. The cover reads, "C CY COHEN IF ITS; INSURANCE I CAN PLACE IT...NOTARY PUBLIC" and "8TH & WASH STREETS". Undated.

Assignment of Contracts concerning the Savage Mining Company claim located in the Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada. Dated February 24, 1865. The document includes two sheets of lined paper, one bearing a Nevada fifty-cent revenue stamp and a U.S. internal revenue stamp. Attached is a Storey County, Nevada notary public form, completed and signed by Samuel Wasserman. The notary public form features an embossed seal for S. Wasserman, Notary Public. Wasserman also operated a store at Union and C Streets, selling cigars, cards, and alcohol.

Deed of Trust signed by Simon Wolf as Notary Public on May 17, 1875. The document was signed by Civil War Captain E.C. Weaver. Simon Wolf (1836-1923) was a prominent figure in Jewish affairs, born in Hinzweiler, Kingdom of Bavaria. He emigrated to the United States in 1848, practiced law, served as Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, and was Consul General to Egypt. He was active in Jewish charitable and educational movements and a prominent Freemason and member of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith.

Envelope addressed to the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut. Postmarked Columbus, Georgia, December 17, 1866. The envelope contains a deposition, sealed and signed by Raphael J. Moses, Notary Public in and for Muscogee County, Georgia. The address on the envelope includes the designation: "To the Hon. Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, to be holden at Hartford....in and for the County of Hartford....in said State. The within Deposition taken and sealed up by me".

Printed form financial record filled in by hand, with a printed signature of Benjamin Nones as Notary Public. The document shows a transaction from the Mechanics Bank of Philadelphia to Jeremiah Emlen for money due and unpaid, dated June 2, 1824.

Legal document dated December 5, 1866, concerning a debt owed to the New York firm John M. Davis & Co. by B. Foley of Charleston, South Carolina. The document is notarized by South Carolina Commissioner Joseph B. Nones. Two documents are glued together at the top. The document measures 10 x 8 1/2 inches.

Part-printed legal document from the Philadelphia District Court, dated December 4, 1832. The document is signed in ink by Samuel M. Solomon, acting as a notary or court clerk.

A legal document, dated March 22, 1871, attesting to a public instrument of protest. The document was created in New Orleans, Louisiana, and bears a revenue stamp. It is associated with Edward G. Gottschalke, brother of Louis Gottschalke, who was born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother. The document notes an original subscription to Leeser's Occident in 1843, which may have been by his father.

Witness testimony in a legal document attesting to Simon Nathan's default on a debt. The document, dated April 12, 1791, includes the sworn testimony of Henry Remsen, Notary Public of the U.S. Bank of NYC, and features his official seal.