(PENNSYLVANIA) Facsimile of the Autographs of the Merchants

Sale 2404 - Lot 222

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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

(PENNSYLVANIA.) Facsimile of the Autographs of the Merchants and other Citizens of Philadelphia as Subscribed to the Non-Importation Resolutions, October 25, 1765. Lithographed broadside, 41 x 32 1/4 inches, linen-backed, original rollers top and bottom; substantial cracking near head slightly affecting title, otherwise minor edge wear; early owners' inscriptions and book tag on verso. Philadelphia: Thomas Fisher, 1846

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Illustrated with 375 facsimile signatures, among them 9 prominent Jewish merchants: Benjamin Levy, Samson Levy, Joseph Jacobs, Hyman Levy Jr., David Franks, Mathias Bush, Michael Gratz, Bernard Gratz, and Moses Mordecai. The original agreement has long been regarded as an important moment in the early Jewish history of Philadelphia (c.f. Morais, Jews of Philadelphia, page 22). This broadside facsimile was painstakingly lithographed by P.S. Duval. We find only one other record of this or any other facsimile being offered at auction since 1913, at a Swann sale, 5 June 2008, lot 292; 3 copies in OCLC.