Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions

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First Annual Report of the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1866 First Annual Report of the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1866

Pamphlet containing the First Annual Report of the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated January 7, 1866. The report details the founding of the first Jewish hospital in Philadelphia, initiated by Abraham Sulzberger in 1864. The report lists the first officers of the association, which was incorporated on September 23, 1865, and identifies the initial location of the hospital at Fifty-Sixth Street and Haverford Road.

Letter Concerning the Philadelphia Shirtworkers' Strike of 1906 Letter Concerning the Philadelphia Shirtworkers' Strike of 1906

A letter, likely written in 1906, documenting an attempt to mediate the major shirtworkers' strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter references Dr. Aaron and Mrs. Brav's involvement in the mediation efforts. The document is part of Manuscript Collection 1410, Box 7, Folder 3.

Receipt for Hospital Association Dues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1867 Receipt for Hospital Association Dues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1867

Handwritten receipt from I. Weil acknowledging the receipt of $15 from Mayer Sulzberger for the dues of Abraham, Joseph, and Mayer Sulzberger to The Hospital Association for the year 1867. The receipt is written on the back of a blank printed receipt from Wallerstein, Weil & Co. Dated December 26, 1867. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.