Mendelssohn Family Collection 1717-1993 (bulk 1800-1889)

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Mendelssohn Family Collection 1717-1993 (bulk 1800-1889)

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This collection provides documentation of the lives and activities of members of the Mendelssohn family. The vast majority of the collection is correspondence, with some other types of documents such as personal papers, manuscripts, and clippings.

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Mendelssohn (Family : Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786)

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The Mendelssohn family was an upper-class family in Prussia which rose to prominence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its most renowned members include the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The family was also distinguished in banking, and several of the sons of the family were bankers. Moses Mendelssohn was born in Dessau on September 26, 1729 and died in Berlin on January 4, 1786. He married Fromet Gugenheim...