Articles of Indenture

Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $3,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(CANADIAN JUDAICA)

Place

Montreal

Publication

3rd March, 1778

Description

Printed document on vellum, accomplished in manuscript. Apprenticing Barnet Hart “in the art of merchandizing” to Samuel Judah for a period of seven years. Revenue stamp intact, remnant of seal. Signed by Elizabeth Judah (“for my husband Saml Judah”). Witnessed by Barnet Cohen and A. Cohen. Signed by all three again on verso

summary

Samuel Judah (1725-1789) was one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Montreal. He conducted an extensive business in furs together with his brother-in-law Aaron Hart. Judah sympathized with the colonists cause during the American Revolutionary War - indeed, he extended considerable financial loans towards their cause. See B.G. Sack, History of the Jews in Canada (1964)

Creased, lightly stained, 175x205 mm

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