(Jacob Cohen). Autograph prayer manuscript.
Auction 93 |
Thursday, May 06th,
2021 at 1:00pm
K2 Judaica Sale: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts
Lot 79
(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
(Jacob Cohen). Autograph prayer manuscript.
circa 1790
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
Jacob I. Cohen (1744-1823) was the Richmond and then Philadelphia-based progenitor of a prominent American Jewish family of Baltimore. Arriving in Pennsylvania from Bavaria in 1773, he served a stint in the revolutionary ary, and afterwards settled in Richmond where he was a founder of Congregation Beth Shalome. See Rosenbloom, A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews, p. 24).
<<This personal prayer by an early American Jew is an expression of deep faith expressed in a distinctly American fashion.>>