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Survey of the Lancaster Hebrew Burying Ground, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17 July 1822Survey of the Lancaster Hebrew Burying Ground, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17 July 1822

Legal document surveying the Hebrew Burying Ground in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Surveyed and signed by Henry Carpenter on July 17, 1822. Details a conveyance from Thomas Cookson and his wife to Isaac Nunes Recus and Joseph Simons on February 3, 1746, for the establishment of the burial ground. Includes a survey map. Potentially the earliest extant legal record of this historic cemetery.