315394A.007, Marriage contract
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Cohen, Henry, Reverand
label: Collection Donor
content: Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
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content: Harris, Michael
label: Collection Donor
content: Deinard, Ephraim
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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: 1782
container: label: Container
content: Box 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: A marriage contract isued in Damascus, inscribed in ink on parchment. Date: Friday, 25th of Sivan, 5542 (1782). Groom: "Joseph son of Mordecai Zerahiyah" Bride: "Esther, daughter of Ovadiah Ha-Levi" Dowry: 1000 grush. Witnesses: (?) Galante adn Levi.  On reverse, undeciphered graffiti. The parchment is rectangular with a scalloped arch on its upper edge. The text is written in cursive; introductory blessings are written in large, square letters. The decoration is entirely lost, but was probably similar to 315394A.3.