Solomon Etting. Autograph Letter Signed, written to Hyman Gratz.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 148
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
Solomon Etting. Autograph Letter Signed, written to Hyman Gratz.
Baltimore: 31st March 1825
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $850
Hyman Gratz (1776-1857) was Etting’s cousin, through marriage to his wife Rachel. Gratz was a merchant in Philadelphia, and, as part of his illustrious family, a leader in many Jewish causes: An officer of Philadelphia’s flagship synagogue Mikveh Israel; one of the managers of the original Jewish Publication Society organized in 1845; and through an endowment in 1856, the founder of Gratz College.
Solomon De Castro seems to have left little mark. He was the type of Jew present in those early American days - something of a vagabond, and judging by the surname, connected to noble Sephardic families in Europe and the Caribbean.