Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954
Keywords:
Everyday Life: Personal and Family Narratives
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Mixed archival material
Abstract:
David G. Seixas
Note:
AMDigital Reference:P60/3/2/11
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David G. Seixas (1788-1864, son of Gershom Mendes Seixas) This folder contains a series of letters from various people who are attempting to locate the information of David's birth date and other events in his life. Letter 1: February 16, 1824. There is another document in the folder that is difficult to read due to the handwriting. It is a legal document written in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on February 16, 1824. It appears to be regarding a court settlement that involved David Seixas and Hyman Marks and concerns the amount of fifty thousand dollars. Letter 2: January 15, 1911. Dr. Barnett A. Elzas to the Honorable N. Taylor Phillips. The Deaf Mutes of Philadelphia wish to construct a memorial to honor David for his founding of the Philadelphia Institution and request the dates of David's birth and death. Letter 3: March 1, 1911. H. Van Allen to the Honorable N. Taylor Phillips. Asking for details about David's origins and career to be the subject of a magazine article. Van Allen has information from South Bend, Indiana that places David's birth at July 2, 1788 and his death on March 19, 1864. This data does not correspond with previous information that places the marriage of David's parents Gershom Mendes Seixas (second marriage) to Hannah Emanuel on November 1, 1789. He also requests the information regarding David's movements after he left Philadelphia. Letter 4: March 3, 1911. Honorable N. Taylor Phillips to H. Van Allen. Response to Allen's March 1st letter. Phillips has found that all authorities agree that the marriage between Gershom Mendes Seixas to Hannah Manuel, not Emanuel, took place on November 1, 1789. He also supplies the additional information that David was a member of the Washington Lodge No. 21 F. and A.M. of New York City in 1807 and a soldier in the War of 1812. He states that he will attempt to obtain additional information about David. Letter 5: March 7, 1911. Dr. Reid to the Honorable N. Taylor Phillips. Reid does not know the date of David's birth but maybe Manuel does. Letter 6: April 12, 1911. Manuel A. Kursheedt to the Honorable N. Taylor Phillips. David was his grand uncle. Manuel's sister Serena has a Bible with recordings of significant dates for the family. David was born in the Hebrew month of Sivan, 1788. He figures out that Sivan is July and there appears to be a number seven before 'July.' Letter 7: April 26, 1911. Manuel A. Kursheedt to the Honorable N. Taylor Phillips. The Bible has a recording of the death of Gershom's first wife on October 30, 1785. It also has the birth dates of several children but there is no data for Gershom's second marriage. Letter 8: May 3, 1911. Honorable N. Taylor Phillips to Manuel A. Kursheedt. Wants to know how they can get the date of Gershom's second marriage. Letter 9: May 15, 1911. M. Engel, President of Indiana Mirror Manufacturing Company to the Honorable N. Taylor Phillips. Engel writes that he has enclosed a copy of an inscription that Phillips requested. (The copy does not appear in the folder). Letter 10: May 18, 1911. Honorable N. Taylor Phillips to H. Van Allen. Phillips writes that he has the Bible from Gershom's great granddaughter and that the information regarding his second marriage is not there. He states that the information received from South Bend, which placed David's birth on July 2, 1788 and the marriage on November 1, 1789 to be wrong. Phillips also found out that David was Master Mason in the Washington Lodge in December of 1808. He says that he will try to gain information about the marriage from Philadelphia. Letter #11: May 18, 1911. Honorable N. Taylor Phillips to Dr. Barnett A. Elzas. The dates of July 2, 1788; March 19, 1864; and March 21, 1864 as David's birth, death, and burial respectively, have been confirmed by the Society of Brotherly Love in South Bend, Indiana. Letter 12: May 18, 1911. Honorable N. Taylor Phillips to M. Engel. Phillips thanks Engel for the copy of the record that he sent and asks for a copy of the tombstone as well
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Seixas Family Papers
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Reproduction of David G. Seixas 1824, 1911
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American Jewish Historical Society
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