Autograph letter from Jophier Joel to Theodore J. Seixas
In English. One leaf. 374 x 120 mm. This letter has references to the importation, duties, and the U.S. to London shipping delays relating to Isaac Leeser's magazine, Occident, and his book, The Jews and Mosaic Law, as well as duties and customs. Theodore J. Seixas was a dealer in copper at 215 Water Street, New York City, and from 1852 he conducted a plaster mill on 11th street. He moved to Philadelphia in 1857 and in 1858 established himself at South Bend, Indiana. Here he became a prominent businessman and was one of the organizers of the St. Joseph's Bank. His brother David G. Seixas joined him in South Bend in 1860 or 1861 and was his business partner in a department store. Theodore was at one point a secretary of the Hebrew Society of Brotherly Love. His grandfather, the founder of the Seixas family in America, was Isaac Mendez Seixas, a Portuguese Jew, born in Lisbon in 1708, who came to America c. 1730 and died in Newport, Rhode Island November 3, 1780. Isaac Mendez Seixas was a merchant in New York City for many years, married Rachel, daughter of Moses Levy, by whom he had 7 children. One of them was Gershom, who at age 21 became a minister at Shearith Israel Synagogue in NYC. Gershom?s son was Theodore, who married Anna Judah.
Publication year: 1848
Vendor: Meir Turner
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In English. One leaf. 374 x 120 mm. This letter has references to the importation, duties, and the U.S. to London shipping delays relating to Isaac Leeser's magazine, Occident, and his book, The Jews and Mosaic Law, as well as duties and customs. Theodore J. Seixas was a dealer in copper at 215 Water Street, New York City, and from 1852 he conducted a plaster mill on 11th street. He moved to Philadelphia in 1857 and in 1858 established himself at South Bend, Indiana. Here he became a prominent businessman and was one of the organizers of the St. Joseph's Bank. His brother David G. Seixas joined him in South Bend in 1860 or 1861 and was his business partner in a department store. Theodore was at one point a secretary of the Hebrew Society of Brotherly Love. His grandfather, the founder of the Seixas family in America, was Isaac Mendez Seixas, a Portuguese Jew, born in Lisbon in 1708, who came to America c. 1730 and died in Newport, Rhode Island November 3, 1780. Isaac Mendez Seixas was a merchant in New York City for many years, married Rachel, daughter of Moses Levy, by whom he had 7 children. One of them was Gershom, who at age 21 became a minister at Shearith Israel Synagogue in NYC. Gershom?s son was Theodore, who married Anna Judah.
Publication year: 1848
Vendor: Meir Turner
