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Subject: St. Louis (Mo.)--History

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Billhead of Isidor Bush, Mercantile Business, St. Louis, Missouri, March 30, 1874Billhead of Isidor Bush, Mercantile Business, St. Louis, Missouri, March 30, 1874

Billhead from the mercantile business of Isidor Bush, located at the southeast corner of 4th and Elm Streets in St. Louis, Missouri. Dated March 30, 1874. The billhead notes that Bush was a leader in the Jewish community and founded the first Jewish weekly newspaper in New York City in 1849, which lasted only three months. Correspondence with Isaac Leeser is also mentioned.

Cabinet Photograph of Adolph Klauber Sr.Cabinet Photograph of Adolph Klauber Sr.

Cabinet photograph of Adolph Klauber Sr. (1826-1891), taken by Voorhees in St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1885. Klauber is buried in the New Mount Sinai Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. The photograph's description notes that he was the brother of E. Klauber, who moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1853, and that Adolph served as a trustee of Congregation Adath Israel for over five decades.

Legal Document Regarding Land Subdivision in St. Louis, Missouri, November 20, 1835Legal Document Regarding Land Subdivision in St. Louis, Missouri, November 20, 1835

PETION - TO SUB.DIVIDE LAND ASD BY COHEN AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY; St. Louis, Missouri.....11/20/1835...Thomas Cohen was a silversmith and watchmaker who came to Chillicothe from Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1815, and left in 1817. His father?s name was Jacob Cohen. Since the younger Cohen had a Christian given name, the elder Cohen was probably a Jew married to a non-Jewish woman who raised their children Christian (a not-uncommon occurrence in the colonial era).