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Assignment of Contracts: Savage Mining Company Claim, Storey County, Nevada, February 24, 1865Assignment of Contracts: Savage Mining Company Claim, Storey County, Nevada, February 24, 1865

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, Notary Public, May 17, 1875Deed of Trust signed by Simon Wolf, Notary Public, May 17, 1875

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, December 17, 1866Envelope addressed to the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, December 17, 1866

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".

Government Record - J. Loewenthal, Washington, District of Columbia, September 5, 1865Government Record - J. Loewenthal, Washington, District of Columbia, September 5, 1865

This document certifies that J. Loewenthal of Washington, District of Columbia, has been appointed a Commissioner for the State of New Hampshire. In this role, Loewenthal is authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge deeds and other written instruments for use in New Hampshire. The document includes a certification by David R. Carter, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, verifying J. Loewenthal's signature and authority. The record features handwritten text and signatures, an embossed Supreme Court seal, and a red postage stamp-like seal with the date "1865." 3.

Protest Document: Edward G. Gottschalke, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 22, 1871Protest Document: Edward G. Gottschalke, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 22, 1871

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.