LOAN OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA| CERTIFICATE NO. 162.| SIX PER CENT LOAN.| THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE IS DUE TO NATHAN NATHANS, GUARDIAN OF GEORGE AND JOHN LOCKHART BY THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, WITH INTEREST, AT THE RATE OF SIX PER CENTUM PER ANNUM, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY, ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANUARY AND JULY. THE PRINCIPAL NOT REIMBURSABLE, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER HEREOF, BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1892... IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE TREASURER OF THE SAID CITY HAS HEREUNTO SET HIS HAND, AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA TO BE HEREUNTO ANNEXED, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF JULY 1854, AND THE CONTROLLER HAS ATTESTED THE SAME ON THE SAME DAY AND YEAR by [Philadelphia Judaica] - 1854

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Dropsie College of Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 1958. A typed letter, dated April 24, 1958 on The Dropsie College letterhead, addressed to Abraham Tulin of New York. " Dear Mr. Tulin, In reply to your letter of the 23rd. It is our hope that the papers delivered at the symposium meeting in Temple Emanu-El will be published in book form. Unhappily, the only copy available for distribution now is that of Rabbi Silver. And even of this paper I have only a few copies. Accordingly I am send you only two copies. These are being sent under separate cover. And now a more personal note. I wonder if you recall that many years ago I was one of a group who met two or three times in your office with the ambitious and somewhat quixotic plan of reorganising the Z.O.A. Among those who participated were bob Szold, Aaron Horwitz, Stephen Wise; and from Boston Judge Wyner, Rabbi Shubow and myself. There half a dozen others but I do not recall who they were. With all good wishes and… Read More