Petition of Abraham I. Abrahams

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Petition of Aaron Salom of Jamaica to be hazan

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Petition of Benjamin Jacobs to Hayman Levy to marry a non-Jew

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Petition of Judah de Moseh Aguilar

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Petition of Michael Jacobs for assistance

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Petition of Moses Lazarus, Shochet, for increase in salary

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Petition of Isaac Da Silva for money

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Petition of Levy Michaels to K. K. S. I.

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Petition to legislature regarding religion in free schools

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Petition and remonstrance of Gershom Mendes Seixas

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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.

Judah P. Benjamin collection, undated, 1838-1942.

The collection consists of 25 letters written by Benjamin between 1838 and 1881 on a variety of subjects, four Confederate notes and two bonds bearing his picture, miscellaneous items about Benjamin (1893-1942), nine issues of the Congressional globe with speeches by Benjamin, as well as separate copies of his printed speeches, and a photostatic copy of the "Diary of Events" (400 pp.) kept by Benjamin, the original of which is in the Library of Congress (1862-1864).

Elihu Stone collection undated, 1913-1962.

Collection contains materials pertaining to the life and work of Stone.