Promissory note, 4 Av 5529 [7 August 1769].
מכתב עדות לבית-דין של אלטונא

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Heckscher, Ḳalman ben Aharon, (Altona, Germany), active 1769.

Contributor:

Lamm, Louis, 1871-1943, former owner.

Beth Din (Altona, Germany), enacting jurisdiction.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Heckscher, Leise ben Shimʻon--Trials, litigation, etc.

Jewish merchants--Germany--Hamburg--18th century.

Jewish merchants.

Dinei mamonot.

Local Subjects:

Heckscher, Leise ben Shimʻon--Trials, litigation, etc.

Genre:

promissory notes.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Louis Lamm (1871-1943).

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 121 (May 20, 2020) item 402.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 123 x 108 (75 x 88) mm.

Contained In:

Louis Lamm collection of German-Jewish historical documents.

Place of Publication:

4 Av 5529 [7 August 1769].

ד' אב תקכ"ט.

Language Note:

In Hebrew.

Biography/History:

The Heckscher family was a prominent family of merchants in Altona (the surname originally was Höxter, after the town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany); Kalman's grandfather was Zanvil (possibly referring to Samuel Sanwil Heckscher, 1645-1714).

Summary:

This is a manuscript promissory note, likely archived in the Altona Beth Din, recording that Ḳalman ben Aharon Heckscher was obligated to send Leise (לעזי, short for Eliʻezer) ben Shimʻon Heckscher a sum of money in support of his mother-in-law; signed by Ḳalman following the text. Written in nine lines in an Ashkenazic cursive script.

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 574b.

OCLC:

1345474110