315394A.005-marriage contract
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Cohen, Henry, Reverand
label: Collection Donor
content: Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
label: Collection Donor
content: Harris, Michael
label: Collection Donor
content: Deinard, Ephraim
label: Collection Donor
content: Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940
label: Collection Donor
content: Luchs, Leopold
label: Collection Donor
content: Lipkowitz, Sylvia E.
label: Collection Donor
content: Marks, Michael Neil
label: Collection Donor
content: Marks, Cara Goldberg
label: Collection Donor
content: Howland, S. S.
label: Collection Donor
content: Hartogensis, Henry S.
label: Collection Donor
content: Krauss, S., Father
label: Collection Donor
content: Kantrowitz, J.H.
label: Collection Donor
content: Neeman, Zipora
label: Collection Donor
content: Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923
label: Collection Donor
content: Sulzberger, S.
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content: Division of Cultural History Judaica Collection
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content: Division of Cultural History Judaica Collection / Series 1: Documents
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1781
container: label: Container
content: Box 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A marriage contract issued in Damascus, inscribed in ink on parchment. The contract is decorated with paper applique. Date: Teusday, 11th of Shevat, 5541 (Feb. 6,  1781). Groom: "Eliyah son of Rahamim Ha-Kohen" Bride: "Esther, daughter of Samuel Ha-Kohen" Witnesses: ?(undeciphered) adn Hayyim Ha-levi. The contract was cut down at a later date. The text is set out in a semi-circular arch and written in cursive. Introductory blessings adn well-wishes are inscribed in large square letters above the text. Fragments of paper applique similar to 315394A.2 remain on the borders.