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Title

Die Geschichte der Shiloh Lodge No. 17, U.O.B.B.

Authors

• Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
• Illch, Meier, 1830-1902
• Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Call number

MS 56, Codex 002.1
(420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703, University of Pennsylvania, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9969455163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/952337969
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31c1tm6c http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229052

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In German

Origin

Date

1853-1876

Summary

A bound, ruled volume with gilt edges stamped in gold on the front cover with the title Die Geschichte der Shiloh Lodge No. 17, U.O.B.B. This volume contains the handwritten documentation of the B'nai B'rith order in Albany, New York spanning the years from its inception in 1853 to 1876. The volume was handwritten in German by financial secretary Meier Illch (1830-1902) who was an insurance agent in Albany. The book comprises the lodge's organization and membership listing the names of officers and members. Deaths of members were noted and inscribed by a box in black ink. In April 1865 a full page is dedicated to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Charitable contributions, meetings, and financial records are included in the volume. Documentation is written on the recto of each leaf. Several leaves at the end are blank.

Extent

1 volume

Provenance

• Puchased by Arnold Kaplan with the Penn Libraries for the the Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (Collectify accession no. 2016.05.24.00002).
   
• Sold by Steve Finer Rare Books (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 2016.
   
• Donated by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.
   

Subjects topical

• Independent Order of B'nai B'rith--Shiloh Lodge No. 17
• Independent Order of B'nai B'rith--History--19th century--Sources
• Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
• Independent Order of B'nai B'rith
• Jews--New York (State)--Albany--Societies, etc--19th century
• Jews
• History
• New York (State)--Albany

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, German
• Sources

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Title page
• fol. 12r — 1862
• fol. 20r — 1863
• fol. 22r — 1864
• fol. 26r — 1865
• fol. 35r — 1867
• fol. 37r — 1868
• fol. 52r — 1872
• fol. 56r — 1874
• fol. 57r — 1875
• fol. 59r — 1876