Papers, 1763-1923.

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Papers, 1763-1923.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31680439

Collection documents the lives of men and women in the Jewish mercantile families of Hays, Myers, and Mordecai as they spread from Boston and New York to Virginia and North Carolina. Topics addressed include Judaism, trans-Atlantic trade in the early republic, and the education of women in the 19th-century South. Included are an account book, 1763-1766, kept by Judah Hays and his son Moses Michael Hays in New York City; the papers of Samuel Myers, a merchant in Norfolk and Richmond, Va.; and various family papers related to the Hays, Myers, and Mordecai families. Jacob Mordecai founded a non-sectarian boarding school for girls in 1810 in Warrenton, N.C., in which his children taught. The collection contains the diary, 1816-1820, of Rachael (Mordecai) Lazarus documenting her younger sister's education; Eliza Kennon (Mordecai) Myers's student notebooks, ca. 1825; and an account book, ca. 1828-1829, kept by Caroline (Mordecai) Plunkett that lists parents' expenses for educating their daughters, as well as including poetry, stories, and memoirs attributed to various Myers and Mordecai women and an incomplete manuscript of Records of the Myers, Hays and Mordecai Families from 1707 to 1913 (1913) by Caroline (Myers) Cohen. There is also correspondence of Eliza Kennon (Mordecai) Myers with her sisters and other family members.

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Hays, Moses Michael, 1739-1805

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Moses Michael Hays was an American banker, merchant, philanthropist, and a prominent Boston Jewish citizen. He helped establish the New England Masonic movement and in 1792 was elected as Grand Master, with Paul Revere as his deputy. Born in New York City he married Rachel Myers, younger sister of Myer Myers, a famed New York silversmith. The couple moved to Newport, Rhode Island in 1769, where Hays profited in the trans-Atlantic trade. The Hays family left Newport for Boston ahead of the Brit...

Myers, Samuel, 1755-1836.

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Plunkett, Caroline Mordecai, 1794-1862.

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Myers, Eliza Kennon Mordecai, 1809-1861.

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Myers family.

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Represented are Judah Hays (1703-1764) and his son, Moses Michael Hays (1739-1805), merchants in New York, N.Y.; Samuel Myers (1755-1836), merchant in Norfolk and Richmond, Va.; Jacob Mordecai (1762-1838) of Warrenton, N.C.; his daughters, Rachael (Mordecai) Lazarus (1789-1838), Eliza Kennon (Mordecai) Myers (1809-1861), and Caroline (Mordecai) Plunkett (1794-1862); and his granddaughter, Caroline (Myers) Cohen (1844-1928). From the description of Papers, 1763-1923. (Virginia Histori...

Hays family.

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Hays, Judah, 1703-1764

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Judah Hays (1703-1764) immigrated to New York City from Holland; his family was Sephardic, descended from Jews who had left Spain and Portugal. Judah Hays was in shipping and retail; his son Moses Michael Hays (1739-1805) eventually settled in Boston and helped establish the New England Masonic movement and became a founder and the first depositor of the Massachusetts Bank....

Mordecai, Jacob, 1762-1838

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Educator, of Warrenton, N.C., and Richmond, Va. From the description of Jacob Mordecai papers, 1784-1936; (bulk 1784-1904). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019259 From the description of Papers, 1784-1904; (bulk 1784-1866). (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 45450153 From the description of Papers, 1805-1881. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40422002 From the guide to the Jacob Mordecai Papers, 1784-1936, (Davi...

Lazarus, Rachael Mordecai, 1789-1838.

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Mordecai family.

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Cohen, Caroline Myers, 1844-1928

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