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Moss Family of Philadelphia | ||
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| Type / Call # | Personal / P-014 | Contains newspaper clippings of Jewish interest from years 1840-1895, primarily from Philadelphia and New York newspapers. Clippings deal extensively with social and domestic affairs in Philadelphia and New York, the persecution of Jews in Russia and Roumania and relief efforts on their behalf by American Jewry and Baron Moritz de Hirsch, religious and cultural efforts and trends, noted Jewish personalities, the history of the Jewish communities, the history of the Jewish communities in Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere. Includes some cartoon clippings. Also contains some personal mementos and correspondence. Volume 12 contains clippings pertaining to the Philadelphia board of the Poor of which Moss was a member from 1882-1884. Also included is the commission of William Moss to be Surgeon of Volunteers in the Union Army, as of Dec. 4, 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Also contains last will and testament of John Moss of Philadelphia, witnessed and signed by Chapman Biddle, C.H. Housekeeper, and John Cadwalader. Four codicils accompany this will. One codicil mentions Moss' son Samuel as the recipient of drafts and notes signed on his behalf by the elder Moss. Also included: the inventory of the estate of John Moss consisting of shares of stock and outstanding loans. Among those listed as debtors to the estate are congregation Mikveh Israel, Eugene Cumisky, Lyon J. Levy, Henry Lazarus, A.A. Moss, and L.J. Levy and Co. Executors were Arnold Myers and John Moss, Jr. Also contains personal letters from Henry J. Taylor and Edward Samuels, and correspondence with Philip Lewin concerning contributions to the Jewish Foster Home & Orphan Asylum. A letter from James Polock, governor of Pennsylvania, to Joseph Lyons (?) Moss, concerning the use of the word "Christian" in his Thanksgiving proclamation. |
| Years | 1840-1895 | |
| Locality | PA, Philadelphia | |
| Size | 12 scrapbooks | |
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