Papers collected by Winifred Myers

Scope and Content

Papers including a counterpart lease between Richard Edgcumb and Abram Isaac of Holbrookes, Isle of Wight, 29 Sep 1707; lease between William Vincent and Isaac Abrahams of premises in Blue Town, Isle of Sheppey, 10 Aug 1812; assignment of land by Thomas Amos to Michael and Hyam Abrahams, 2 Feb 1818; map of London, 1804; correspondence including a letter from Chief Rabbi Hermann Adler to the Lord Mayor of London enclosing a cheque for the China famine relief fund, 11 Feb 1889; a letter from Lord Rothschild to Mrs Israel Davis, concerning raising money for Jews' Free School, 19 Apr 1886; and seven letters from Lucien Wolf to W.Morris Colles, 1914-20; typescript memoir by Florence Greenberg; invitation to the dinner to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the Jewish Historical Society of England, 27 Apr 1914; six studio portraits, some of children; score for `The Royal Rifles waltzes, composed and dedicated to Colonel the Hon. H.Dundas' by Louis Emanuel.

Administrative / Biographical History

Papers collected by Winifred Myers.

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