Subject: Suicide

Legal document detailing an inquest into the suicide of a man by flintlock. The inquest was witnessed by Moses, Jonas (Joshua??). The document is from New York, New York and is dated March 10, 1815. This record is from Volume F, Page 15 of Archive MS.56.

Legal document detailing an inquest into the suicide of a man by hanging in New York, New York on March 10, 1815. Solomon Seixas (1787-1840) was a witness at the inquest.

Legal document detailing an inquest into the suicide of Elizabeth Corgan in New York, New York on March 28, 1814. Witnesses at the inquest included Benjamin Gomez and Jacob Abraham. The document is from Arc.MS.56, Volume F, Page 15.

Five-page letter written by S. Wolff of Mobile, Alabama, to Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia on April 21, 1848, detailing the suicides of E.L. Andrews in Mobile and his brother Z. Andrews in New Orleans. The letter describes the financial collapse of E.L. Andrews' firm due to the cotton market and the circumstances surrounding the suicides. The letter also mentions societal prejudices against Jews in Mobile.

Newspaper report detailing the suicide of Oppenheimer by hanging in Vienna, Austria, on April 1722. The report connects his suicide to a lost lawsuit against the Austrian government to recover debts owed his father for financing the king's wars. See also item 17.430 for a related broadside on his father.

This document consists of two parts: a report from the Committee of Claims on the petition of David Valenzin (pages [23]-28), dated December 12, 1803, and a supplementary report on the same petition (28 pages), dated February 1, 1804. The documents were published in Washington. David Valenzin, an Italian Jewish merchant from Venice, was captured by American forces during the Barbary Wars. His goods were confiscated and sold, leading to his eventual suicide before receiving restitution. William Ray, in his "Horrors of Slavery," describes the US Navy's actions as criminal abuse.