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Dutch Jewish archive, 1643-1922 2 Linear Feet
This comprehensive communal archive of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewish community provides an invaluable window into the day-to-day proceedings and official communal interactions, both within the membership of the community itself, as well as with other Jewish communities in Holland, and across the European continent. Religious functionaries, such as Rabbis and religious court judges, as well as lay leaders are represented within this archival collection.
Miscellaneous Judaica archive, 1762-1850 0.42 Linear Feet
Pizmon. Manuscript in Hebrew and Spanish. The Song "Elo-him Yisadenu" written in both languages and with dedication to "His Excellency Jacob Rodrigues Pereira."
Seymour B. Durst Collection of Historical Manuscripts, Documents & Newspapers, 1764-1990 67 Linear Feet
A collection of 17 cataloged items collected by Seymour B. Durst as part of his Old York Library collection. In addition there is a quite extensive collection of newspapers.
Indenture of George Pasmore, 1775 2 Linear Feet
An indenture on parchment from 1775, relating to the estate of one George Pasmore of Middlesex County, England.
Voltaire manuscript, 1778 1 folder
A single Voltaire manuscript: "Anecdotes sur l'arrivée du corps de Voltaire à Scelliers par Etienne Faireau", 1778
43 documents on vellum.
Lorenzo Da Ponte papers, 1809 - 1831 9 folders
Letters, some verse, and a few documents.
An unpublished series of letters recording a visit to the United States and Canada in 1841-1842. Following in the footsteps of Harriet Martineau (Society in America, 1837) and coinciding with Charles Dickens's visit to the United States and the subsequent publication of American Notes (1842), these letters provide an invaluable account of life in Antebellum America.
John Ruskin papers, 1854 0.01 Linear Feet
Autograph letter from John Ruskin to Frederick James Furnivall, 14 November 1854 (with envelope) and lithograph portrait photograph