Single page manuscript, written on both sides, apparently recording names and amounts of contributors for a fundraiser for the synagogue; “Tickets sold by I. Grundbaum & Jacobs, manuscript, c. 1862, Victoria.”
File contains the first report by the Secretary, A. Hoffman, to the congregation. Manuscript of five pages, dated and docketed 22 November 1862, Victoria, Vancouver Island, folded, docketed on outside as “Secretary’s Report Nov. 22/62”. Reports on meetings, efforts to raise funds, etc.
Four-page letter from A. Hoffman to R.W. Adler, Chief Rabbi of England, dated 5 May 1863, reporting on progress of the congregation and seeking recommendations for a rabbi.
Two-page letter from M.R. Cohen, Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El to the “President of the Synagogue Emanu-El,” 9 November 1863, outlining difficulties and concerns.
Summary Suit in Supreme Court of Civil Justice, Victoria, 7 July 1864, two pages part printed and part manuscript, recording claim for loss on non-fulfillment of contract for supplying lumber for the new synagogue. Summary Suit #1459, J.G. Jackson, Plaintiff vs. Hoffman, Sr.
File contains the "Act to Incorporate the Israelite Congregation named 'The Emanuel of Victoria, Vancouver Island'". Passed the Legislative Assembly 2d June, 1864, R. W. Torrens, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Passed the Legislative Council 16th June, 1864, E. J. Nesbitt, Clerk of the Legislative Council. Received my Assent this 7th day of July, 1864, A. E. Kennedy, Governor. Victoria, Vancouver Island: printed by authority of the government by Harries and Company, 1864.
Folio, 29.3 cm, pp. [3] on single folded sheet of cream paper. Near fine. Original folio printings, never bound, of the draft and final act legally establishing the first Jewish Congregation in western Canada, the oldest surviving synagogue in Canada, housed in what is now the oldest surviving synagogue building on the West Coast of North America. The synagogue was founded in 1859 and the present synagogue building was built in 1863. Unrecorded original printed acts, the Harries imprint very rare indeed.
File contains eighteen letters from Abraham Blackman in Victoria to his brother Morris document the development and changes of their mercantile business in Victoria, New Westminster, and the Cariboo during the heyday of the Cariboo Gold Rush.
The file contains a published obituary from the “Daily Province”, Vancouver, British Columbia, and a Western Universities Battalion (196th) newsletter from Camp Hughes, Manitoba, published October 21, 1916. Private Seidelman was in Camp Hughes, Manitoba with the Western Universities Battalion (196th) when the newsletter was published.
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on February 22, 1921
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on March 12, 1921.
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on March 17, 1921.
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on March 19, 1921.
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on March 24, 1921.
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on March 25, 1921 and 1 type-written note from Rose to Morris dated March 24, 1921.
File contains 1 letter written from Rose to Morris on March 28, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated March 31, 1921.
File contains 1 type-written letter from Rose to Morris dated April 1, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated April 10, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated April 21, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated April 23, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated April 25, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated April 28, 1921.
File contains 1 type-written letter from Rose to Morris dated May 3, 1921. Includes a discussion of Rose's new house and her efforts to make it a home.
File contains 1 type-written letter from Rose to Morris dated May 4, 1921.
File contains 1 letter from Rose to Morris dated May 9, 1921. Topics include Morris' appointment as Chairman of the Zionist Organization; Rose's brother Ben's future career plans in orthodontia; Rose's thoughts on engagement rings; and a meeting between Rose, her father, and Morris' father.