Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) records

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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.) records

1764-1977

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Records consist of constitution and by-laws (1820-1847), minutebooks (1838-1928), fragment of minutes(1775), charter petition (1791), court cases and indentures (1764-1775), bicentennial materials (1950),miscellaneous correspondence and records (1855-1977), cash ledgers (1799-1865), receipt books(1866-1870), and offering books (1799-1823).

3.2 linear feet (3 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize boxes)

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.)

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Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim was organized in 1749 in Charleston, SC, following the Sephardic ritual. The current 1841 synagogue was built by enslaved African descendants owned by David Lopez Jr, a prominent slaveowner and proponent of the Confederate States of America, after the original synagogue was destroyed in a fire in 1838. ...