Collection ID: 0039 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Circumcision book of Dr. A. J. Weirtheim, 1810-1829

Authors

• Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/132590987)
• Wertheim, Alexander

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

MikvehIsrael.WeittheimBookOfCircumcisions1810-1829
(Philadelphia, United States, Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA)

Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/MikvehIsrael.WeittheimBookOfCircumcisions1810-1829

Publisher

Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA

Language

Dutch, Flemish

Origin

Place

United States

Summary

Alexander Wertheim was a Dutch Jew who lived in New York and Baltimore before settling in Philadelphia, where he became clerk to the Board of Health. He died in 1830 at the age of 55. This book is a record of the circumcisions Dr. Wertheim performed from 1810 to 1829. Each entry records the date, place, father's name, and son's name.

Extent

45 pages;

Support

Paper

Related resources

• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project (https://philadelphiacongregations.org)
• ATLA Digital Library (https://dl.atla.com/collections/philadelphia-congregations-early-records-project)

Subjects topical

• Circumcision
• Synagogue records and registers
• Medical records
• Jews
• Synagogues
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Genres

• Registers (Lists)
• Manuscripts

Keywords

• 19th century

Licenses

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