Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
Document Signed “Israel Israel” 1pp. oblong octavo, April 19, 1803, being a Mason Lodge receipt. Fine condition. ISRAEL, Israel (1744–1822), a Philadelphian of Jewish heritage, was an innkeeper, livery stabler, and member of the Democratic Society, who ran repeatedly and unsuccessfully for public office in the 1790s before his election as Republican sheriff in October 1800. His short-lived Pennsylvania senatorial victory over Benjamin R. Morgan in 1797 had been declared void and resulted in a special election and reversal in February 1798
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