Account book, donations for building a new synagogue, 1782-1784

Metadata

Title

Creator

Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date

1782/1784

Digital Identifier

MikvehIsrael.AccountsforBuildingNewSynagogue1782

Description

Account ledger recording donations toward the construction of the new Mikveh Israel Synagogue. Pages are numbered chronologically: records start in 1782, from what appears to be the back of the book as scanned, proceed backward through the book until page 28, then continue from what appears to be the front of the book. Entries contain name of donor and amount and date donated.

Subject

Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Synagogue fund raising

Jews

Religious facilities

Synagogues

Synagogue records and registers

Synagogues--Finance

Place

Pennyslvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA

Holding Institution

Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA

Extent

44 pages

Format (Original)

Account books

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

tiff

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

Thumbnail

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IIIF Manifest

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Text

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Collection

Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA

Citation

Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.), “Account book, donations for building a new synagogue, 1782-1784,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed October 31, 2025, https://www.philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/MikvehIsrael.AccountsforBuildingNewSynagogue1782.