Philipp-Coppel Family 1781-1908

Photocopy of family history (Chronik) of Philipp and Coppel family.

Letter of Ephraim Hart, declining to serve as trustee

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Nachfahrentafel Heine Ephraim.

Family tree of the descendents of Heine Ephraim from 1665 to ca. 1938; also included are members of the German aristocracy.

Johanna Heymann with her ten children

Reproduction of a portrait of Johanna Heymann, wife of Aron Hirsch with her ten children (tallest boy is Gotthold Heymann) on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Aron Hirsch; Berlin

Eyeglasses of Moses Mendelssohn.

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Ehrenberg-Rosenzweig Family Collection 1772-1930

The collection contains correspondence among members of the Ehrenberg and Rosenzweig families, including letters from Franz Rosenzweig, Adam Rosenzweig and Richard Ehrenberg, as well as with other parties, including Leopold Zunz, Adelheid Zunz, Claire von Gluemer, and Heinrich Heine (copies only). Also included are engagement contracts, marriage banns, school curricula and certificates, character references, eulogies, family histories, and other documents concerning family members. This material also reflects much of the history of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel of which members of the Ehrenberg family were principals.

Seixas family papers, undated, 1746-1911, 1926, 1939.

The collection contains items relating to individual members of the family as well as the Seixas family in general. Included are papers of the following persons: Isaac Mendes Seixas (1708/9-1780/1), a copy of A voyage to Hudson's--Bay, by Henry Ellis, inscribed with his name on the title page, along with additional inscriptions on the end papers (1748); and a daily prayer book printed in Amsterdam (title page missing), with an inscription on the first page indicating that the book was owned by Seixas in 1758/9, and subsequently by his grandson, Theodore J. Seixas, in 1816/17.

Registry of cases of circumcision by Abraham I. Abrahams in New York

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Letter to congregation in Jamaica asking assistance to build a synagogue

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Letter of Reverend Joseph J. Pinto to K. K. S. I. announcing his intention to return to Europe

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Letter of Joseph Jessurun Pinto to Trustees of K. K. S. I.

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Lindley Family Collection 1907-1988

Charts of the various families related to the Lindley family: Lipschitz, Heimann, Edinger, Hochstaedter, Goldschmidt, Jakobson, Braunschweig.

Letter to Rodriques Pacheco and Daniel Gomez

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