315394A.033-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: 1812
container: label: Container
content: Box 5
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 isseud in Damascus, is  inscribed in ink on parchment.  The contract is decorated with applied paper.  Date: Friday, 23rd of Kislev 5573 (Nov. 27, 1812).  Groom: "Elijah, son of Samuel Museiri"  Bride: "Nehamah, daughter of Moses Ha-Kohen Tzemah (?)"  Dowry: 1500.  Witnesses: Ezra Hayyim Duweik Ha-Kohen and Samuel Ha-Kohen Duweik.  The parhment is rectangualr with an arched top. The arch is scalloped.  The text is written in cursive and set withi a pointed arch. Introductory blessings and well-wishes are written in large square scrpt above the text, within parallel lines. The text was surrounded by decorative applied paper, similar to 315394A.2, forming an arch. The decoration is entirely lost.