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Parais-Mericourt letter to L. Marx.
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript Karp OS BVI.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Parais-Mericourt, Strasbourg, associated name.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Alsace (France)--History--Sources.
- Alsace (France).
- Germany--Saarlouis.
- France--Strasbourg.
- France--Haguenau.
- Jews--France--Haguenau--19th century--History--Sources.
- Jews.
- Jews--Germany--Saarlouis--19th century--Correspondence.
- Notaries--France--Strasbourg--19th century.
- Notaries.
- Marriage records--Germany--Saarlouis--19th century.
- Marriage records.
- Moch, Elga--Marriage.
- Moch, Gerson--Marriage.
- History.
- Manuscripts, French--France--Strasbourg--19th century--Specimens.
- Manuscripts, French.
- Local Subjects:
- Moch, Elga--Marriage.
- Moch, Gerson--Marriage.
- Genre:
- correspondence artifacts
- business letters
- letters (correspondence)
- Correspondence.
- Sources.
- Personal correspondence.
- personal correspondence
- Correspondence
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly in the collection of Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Karp.
- Physical Description:
- 1 leaf : paper ; 253 x 420 (240 x 355) mm
- Production:
- Strasbourg, March 29, 1821.
- Language Note:
- In French.
- Biography/History:
- Gerson Moch (1770-1828), from a prominent Haguenau family of court Jews and dignitaries (surname originally Mochiach (מוכיח) from 17th century Poland); grandson of Aron Abraham Moch (born 1706), arms dealer and representative of Haguenau Jewry to the Kingdom of France. "L. Marx" likely Cerf Levi Marx of Saarlouis (d. 1836, uncle of Karl Marx).
- Summary:
- Letter written in Strasbourg, March 29, 1821, requesting the official marriage certificate of Elga Worms and Gerson Moch (which had been registered by the Haguenau notary in 1791). L. Marx, négociant (entrepreneur merchant) in Sarrlouis, recipient, was instructed to obtain the document from Elga Worms Moch (referred to as Madame Moch). Written on the right portion, originally a half-fold quarto letter (dorse stamped; tear from removal of wax seal); written in a 19th century French script.
- Notes:
- Watermark (seashell at center).
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Cited as:
- UPenn Karp OS BVI.1.
- OCLC:
- 1296383562
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