315394A.021-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
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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: 1797
container: label: Container
content: Box 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A marriage contract issued in Damascus, inscribed in ink on parchment. Date: Tuesday, 16th of Adar 5557 (Feb. 14, 1797). Groom: "Moses, son of Halfon Adjiman." Bride: "Yakut, daughter of Abraham Aroukh" Dowry: 500. Witnesses: Moses Galante and Joseph, son of Menasseh Ha-Kohen Arazi. The text is set within a pointed arch and written in cursive. Surrounding the text is a rectangular frame. Introductory blessings and well-wishes appear at the top of the frame. The contract is undecorated. The parchment was cut down on the upper and lower portions at a later date.