Myer S. Isaacs Collection (1841-1904) undated, 1844, 1851-1925

Seligman, Isaac Newton, 1855-1917

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Isaac Newton Seligman (July 10, 1855 – September 30, 1917) was an American banker and communal worker. In 1878, after a two-year apprenticeship in the firm of Seligman & Hellman in New Orleans, he joined the New York branch, of which he became head in 1885, on the death of his father Joseph Seligman and his brother. He was connected with almost all the important social reform committees in New York. He was a trustee of institutions and societies, including the Munich Life Assurance Company, S...

Morais, Sabato, 1823-1897

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Sabato Morais (1823 -1897) was an Italian-born Sephardic teacher and cantor, the minister of Philadelphia's Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Mikveh Israel for nearly half a century, a politically active republican and opponent of slavery, a master Hebraist and pioneer of Italian and Sephardic Jewish Studies in the United States, and the founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City....

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893

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James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State (1881, 1889–1892), one of only two persons to hold the position under three separate presidents (the other being Daniel Webster), and...

American Jewish Historical Society

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Montefiore, Moses, Sir, 1784-1885

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Anglo-Jewish philanthropist, communal leader. From the description of Letters, 1858-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122624776 English philanthropist and Zionist. From the description of Document signed : London, 1872 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874663 Philanthropist and communal leader knighted by Queen Victoria; acclaimed as the most prominent Anglo-Jew of the 19th century; involved in Jewish causes in Palestine and throughout the wo...

Kursheedt, M.A. (Manuel Augustus), 1840-?

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Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

Baron de Hirsch Fund

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Wechsler, Judah, 1833-1905

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Isaacs, Lewis Montefiore, 1877-1944

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Composer and lawyer, Lewis M. Isaacs (1877-1944) pursued his dual interests in music and the law. Isaacs, who was the member of a prominent New York family, attended City College, New York University, and Columbia University, where he received his law degree in 1900. Although he joined the family law firm of M. S. and I. S. Isaacs in 1903 and had a distinguished career as a lawyer, Isaacs also maintained a lifelong passion for music. While at Columbia, he also had traine...

Fränkel, Jacob, b. 1814

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Isaacs, Edith J. R. (Edith Juliet Rich), 1878-1956

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Alliance israélite universelle

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Board of Delegates of American Israelites

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Organized in 1859 with Jews from New York, N.Y., and twelve other cities to represent American Jews to the government in Washington, D.C., and defend Jewish rights; 1878 board gave up its separate existence to amalgamate with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; 1925 the board, as part of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations was finally dissolved. From the description of Records, 1859-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960638 Organized in 1859 with Jews from...

Isaacs, Stanley M. (Stanley Myer), 1882-1962

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Lawyer, politician. From the description of Reminiscences of Stanley M. Isaacs : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739933 From the description of Reminiscences of Stanley M. Isaacs : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481324 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Columbia A.B. 1903, A.M. 1904. Lawyer and municipal official. President Borough of Manhattan January 1938 - December...

Isaacs, S. M. (Samuel Myer)

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Crémieux, Adolphe, 1796-1880

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Crémieus was a French political figure. After the 1848 revolution, he served as minister of justice in the provisional government of 1848-49. From the description of Letter : Paris, France, to Monsieur le Président de la Cour de cassation, section criminelle, 1848 Feb 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79314985 From the description of Letter : Paris, France, to Monsieur le Président de la Cour de cassation, section criminelle, 1848 Feb 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Myer S. Isaacs and Family

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Newlyweds Rev. Samuel Myer Isaacs (1804-1878) and Jane Symmons arrived in New York from London in 1839. Rev. Isaacs, an Orthodox Rabbi, had been appointed as the head of the Elm Street B'nai Jeshurun synagogue. During this period in Jewish American history, spiritual services were conducted for Jews in the languages of Hebrew or German. Rev. Isaacs became the second Jewish spiritual leader in the United States to teach in English, the first being Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia. Origin...

Barrett, Lawrence 1830-1891

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Elmira, to Mr. Barton, 1880 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622278 Barrett was an American actor noted for his Shakespearean interpretations. From the description of Letters to various correspondents, 1863-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81995008 ...

Isaacs, Myer S. (Myer Samuel), 1841-1904

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Solomons, Adolphus S. (Adolphus Simeon), 1826-1910

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Adolphus Simeon Solomons (b. 1826, New York City-d. 1910), helped establish the American Red Cross, organizing the first training school for nurses in Washington, D.C. and the Washington Night Lodging-House Association. He was an officer of the Provident Aid Society and the Emergency Hospital of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In New York, he helped organize Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids. He was the founder of the Jewish Protectory and Aid ...

Jewish Encyclopedia

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Isaacs, A. S. (Abram Samuel), 1852-1920

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Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.)

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Mendes, H. Pereira (Henry Pereira), 1852-1937

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Rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel, 1877-1920. From the description of Papers, 1877-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155471166 Orthodox Sephardic rabbi and communal leader. From the description of Collection, 1877-1908 [microform]. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 47961736 Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York City; Orthodox and Zionist leader; co-founder of Jewish Theological Seminary of America. From the d...

Nathan, Charles Frederick, 1879-

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Gilbert, John, 1810-1889

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John Gibbs Gilbert (February 27, 1810 – June 17, 1889) was an American stage actor whose real name was Gibbs. Born in Boston, he made his first appearance there at the Tremont Theatre, in 1828, as Jaffier in Otway's Venice Preserved. His original aim was to be a tragedian, but while on a tour through the South and West, the success of his Sir Anthony Absolute, Master Walter, etc., convinced him that his true bent was for "old men" parts, and he soon became the leading American actor in that l...

Peixotto, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1834-1890

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Journalist, lawyer, communal leader, and diplomat; born in New York City; came to Cleveland at age 13 with his father; appointed American consul in Lyon, France. From the description of Benjamin F. Peixotto letter, 1858 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 742060232 ...

Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Board of Delegates on Civil Rights

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Isaacs Family

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Sabsovich, Hirsch Leib, 1860-1915

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Jacobs, Henry Samuel, 1827-1893

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Richman, Julia, 1855-1912

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Florence, William Jermyn, 1831-1891

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : New York, 1870-1883, and one letter 1871 Oct. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533360 American songwriter, playwright, and one of the most popular actors of his day. Born William Jermyn Conlin, he adopted the name Florence because of his love of Florence, Italy, where he kept an apartment. From the description of William Jermyn Florence typed questionnaire to S. S. McClure [manuscript], n...

Issacson Family

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