Abraham Simon Wolf correspondence with George L. Harrison, 1872.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Abraham Simon, 1809-1880.

Contributor:

Harrison, George L. (George Leib), 1811-1885.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Subjects (All):

Jewish Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Penn Provenance:

Sold at Historical Collectible Auctions, 2008.

Physical Description:

2 items (3 leaves)

Place of Publication:

1872.

Biography/History:

Abraham Simon Wolf was a Philadelphia merchant, who later speculated in coal lands and then worked in banking and insurance. He was active in the Jewish community in Philadelphia, including the Hebrew Charity Association, the Hebrew Education Society, the United Hebrew Beneficent Fuel Society, the Jewish Hospital Association, and the first Jewish Publication Society in America.

Summary:

On 10 October 1872 Harrison writes Wolf, asking for "a sketch of the origin, projects and present circumstances of the Jewish Hospital." Wolf responds in an eight-page letter dated 12 December 1872.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection, #20