(FRANCO-AMERICAN JUDAICA).

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts

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Lot 19

(FRANCO-AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Authorization by Citizen Rachel neé Mendes Soria, native of Bordeaux, department of Gironde, and her husband, Citizen Aaron Soria to Citizen Joseph Lopes Dias, a resident of the City of New York, to travel to France on their behalf and represent their interests in regard to the inheritance of Rachel’s uncle, Jacob Mendes Veiga, deceased in Bordeaux. Signatures of Rachel Soria, Aaron Soria and Joseph Lopes Dias. Dated “12 Messidor, Year Nine of the Republic” [July 1, 1801] 7 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches

New York: July 1, 1801

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

According to Rosenbloom, Aaron Soria was born in Bordeaux, February 22, 1762 and died in New York City on January 5, 1852. He was the husband of Rachel Mendez Hega. (See J.R. Rosenbloom, A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews (1960), p.166). Rosenbloom lists Abraham Lopes Dias and Daniel Lopes Dias who came from Bordeaux to Louisiania in 1796. Ibid., p. 33. He does not mention our Joseph Lopes Dias, a resident of New York City