The AJHS Manuscript Catalog
Cohen Family Papers |
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Type / Call # | Personal / P-003 | Contains primarily correspondence and some business and official papers of the Cohen Family of Baltimore and Richmond. Papers center about the following members of the family: Jacob I. Cohen, 1784-1822, including two receipts of the same date of the firm of Cohen & Isaacs to Mrs. Edmund Randolph, on the reverse of one of which is a notation in Yiddish (1787), a promissory note of the firm of Cohen & Isaacs of Richmond (1792), orders for merchandise signed by Carter Braxton (1794) and (Edmund?) Randolph (1801) and a letter of appointment for the office of inspector of the Penitentiary signed by James Monroe, Governor of Virginia (1801); Jacob I. Cohen, Jr., 1825-1850, including a patent for the drawing of lotteries signed by John Quincy Adams and James Monroe (1825), an acknowledgement of a lottery ticket purchase containing a printed description of the various lotteries for which Jacob I. Cohen, Jr. and Brothers sold tickets (1826), the reputedly last extant letter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1832) and several letters relating to his position as Commissioner of Public Schools for the City of Baltimore (1834, 1837); Mendes I. Cohen, 1829-1874, including letters from Mordecai Manuel Noah (1837, 1845), David Solomons of London, John Wesley Davis (1845), and Benjamin F. Hallett (1848); Benjamin I. Cohen, 1831-1842, including 2 letters appointing him Judge of Elections in Baltimore (1840, 1842); and Joshua I. Cohen, 1823-1870, including letters from David Hoffman, John Pendleton Kennedy (1847 and N.D.), Isaac Leeser, Gustavus A. Myers of Richmond, Va. describing a visit to the home of Chief Justice John Marshall (1836), William Ogden Niles, Mordecai Manuel Noah and Rabbi Abraham Rice and correspondence relating to his scientific and historical interests. | Years | 1787-1897
| Locality | MD, Baltimore | Notes | Baltimore, MD; Richmond, VA | Size | 119 items |
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