B. Milgram ledger, 1870?-1899?

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Milgram, B., 19th century.

Contributor:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.

Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Yiddish

Subjects (All):

Jewish businesspeople--New York (State)--New York--History--Sources.

Jewish businesspeople.

Jews--New York (State)--New York--History--Sources.

Jews.

History.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--Sources.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

account books

Sources.

Penn Provenance:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2014.10.12.00007).

Physical Description:

50 leaves : paper ; 157 x 92 mm bound to 160 x 100 mm

Place of Publication:

1870?-1899?

Language Note:

In Hebrew, with some words in Yiddish.

Summary:

This manuscript is an account book for a small business, with entries for expenses written over time as they occurred. The name of the proprietor taken from an inscription of "Mr. | B. Milgram | Brooklyn | 138 Powell st. NY." (f. 9r). Names are written often in shorthand (such as "the groom R. Mendel" (f. 17r)) but otherwise completely, and detailing an amount they owe; all names are in Hebrew, except for "8 Abrams" (f. 50v). Most amounts are listed in cents (spelled סענט). Each line consists of a name and an amount, with the amount in either the right or left margin. Names are not always fully written out but include Kurland, Shenker, Erlich, Slutsker, and Moseiwitch. Written in a late East-European Ashkenazic cursive hand. Bound in original brown leather binding with pockets intact, with what appears to be an ink blotter on either board. Four loops on the fore-edge, with two on each cover, to hold a writing implement and hold the covers closed.

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS MS 56, Codex 021.1

OCLC:

1107791089