Description of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA, MikvehIsrael.MinuteBook1824-1881: Board of Managers minutes, 1824-1870 contributor Carly Sewell cataloger Michelle Belden Council on Library and Information Resources Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA These images and the content of Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA MikvehIsrael.MinuteBook1824-1881: Board of Managers minutes, 1824-1870 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.MinuteBook1824-1881: Board of Managers minutes, 1824-1870. 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.MinuteBook1824-1881 https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/MikvehIsrael.MinuteBook1824-1881 Meeting minutes of the Board of Managers, or "adjunta" of Congregation Mikveh Israel, from 1824 to 1870. Each entry includes the date and usually the location of the meeting, names of members present, and business discussed. Business discussed includes (but is not limited to): regular elections of officers (parnas and adjunta, gabay, and secretary); assessment and collection of seat rents; the dedication of a new synagogue and ongoing repairs/improvements to the building; financial record keeping, including auditing accounts, debt collection, and payment of bills, rents and taxes; employment of officials such as the shamas (sexton), hazan (minister), and superintendent of the burial grounds; improvements to the burial grounds; and permissions for burials. This volume has been partially digitized, up to 1870. Names of officers for each Hebrew calendar year covered are listed at the back of volume, and those pages are also included. English Board of Managers minutes, 1824-1870 Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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