Description of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA, MikvehIsrael.HaymSalomonManuscript: Facsimile of Haym Salomon's account of difficulties in financing construction of a new synagogue, circa 1784 contributor Carly Sewell cataloger Michelle Belden Council on Library and Information Resources Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA 2019-11-04 2019-11-04 These images and the content of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.HaymSalomonManuscript: Facsimile of Haym Salomon's account of difficulties in financing construction of a new synagogue, circa 1784 are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Congregation Mikveh Israel has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.HaymSalomonManuscript: Facsimile of Haym Salomon's account of difficulties in financing construction of a new synagogue, circa 1784. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project ATLA Digital Library United States Philadelphia Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.HaymSalomonManuscript https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/MikvehIsrael.HaymSalomonManuscript Manuscript with cover sheet, which describes the manuscript thus: "Haym Salomon Manuscript, in hand of a professional amanuensis, of Salomon's own account of the purchase of the property and the financing of the construction of Synagogue Mikveh Israel in 1782, including his own pledge of one-fourth the cost, 'Be it what it might.' Salomon describes the difficulties with Jonas Phillips which almost led to the latter's excommunication." Cover page indicates the manuscript is from the collection of Sigmund and Felicia Harrison of Ardmore, Pa. English Facsimile of Haym Salomon's account of difficulties in financing construction of a new synagogue, circa 1784 Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785

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