Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) records undated, 1765-1975.

The collection contains materials related to various activities of the Congregation Mikveh Israel, one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. There is a variety of documents, including correspondence, Annual Reports, addresses, programs, printed materials, reports, and materials pertaining to Synagogues’ burial ground.Contains material related to various activities of the Congregation, including the hand-drawn map of the Jewish burial ground on Spruce Street in Philadelphia, prepared by John Lukens, Surveyor General (1765); a manuscript copy of the dedication services for the new synagogue, which includes a prayer for "His Excellency" George Washington (1782); the hazan's manuscript copy of the same service indicating where he was supposed to take part; and an honor card for the seventh circuit for Jacob Mordecai during this service; the letter of resignation of Simon Nathan as parnass (1784); a plea for financial aid in which mention is made of the "year 1776 when the disturbances in the country [sic] began," addressed to the Jewish community in Surinam (1970); a manuscript copy of an act of the Pennsylvania legislature authorizing changes in a previous act which allowed the congregation to run a lottery (1810); an insurance policy (1822); a printed report of the committee of arrangements for the laying of the cornerstone and the address of the Rev. Sabato Morais, minister of the congregation (1859); a manuscript copy of the dedication services (1860); a printed copy of the constitution and by-laws (1884); a volume published for the dedication of the new synagogue (1909); extracts from the minutes, 1790-1791; printed copies of annual reports for 1906-1907, 1920-1923; and miscellaneous materials and bulletins.Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.), Records; I-26; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY, and Boston, MA.Gift, in part, of the Elsie O. & Philip D. Sang Foundation,Gift, in part, of Professor Yosef Yerushalmi.Gift, in part, of Yosef Goldman,Congregation Mikveh Israel, officially called Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel was founded in the 1740s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Synagogue’s cemetery is one the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in the United States.far0315digitized in par