Guide to the Etting family of Baltimore and Philadelphia collection, undated, 1755-1769, 1787-1830, 1836, 1913

*P-143

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Machine-readable finding aid created by Marvin Rusinek as MS Word document, November 30, 2006. Finding aid was encoded by Marvin Rusinek on September 30, 2009. Finding aid written in English.

Scope and Content Note

Contains personal papers, including correspondence and documents, relating to Elijah Etting, his sons, Solomon and Reuben, and three grandchildren, Samuel Etting, Kitty (Etting) Cohen, and Elijah Gratz Etting (frequently referred to as Gratz Etting).

The collection has been subdivided according to the individuals concerned as follows: Elijah Etting (1724-1778), a handwritten copy of his naturalization papers (1765), certified as being a true copy of the original by Frank M. Etting (1833-1890) (1854); Reuben Etting (1762-1848), a certificate of naturalization which indicates that he was present as a marshal at the proceedings (1803); Solomon Etting (1764-1847), a letter to Michael Gratz describing the difficult financial circumstances of Joseph Simon (1787), his ketubah for his second wife, Rachel Gratz, executed by Jacob Raphael Cohen and witnessed by Manuel Josephson and Benjamin Nones (1791), letters from his daughters Miriam and Richea (1800, 1817), and a check made out to the order of Solomon Etting and signed Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1830); Samuel Etting (1796-1862), and undated manuscript entitled, "Oldest Jewish Family in Maryland," (written between 1847 and 1862), a small leather-bound notebook with the title, "Etting's Family Record," on the cover, recording the genealogy of the Etting family and containing genealogical data on the Cohen, Gratz, Mears, Mickle, Miles, Myers, Poor, Solomon, and Taylor families (circa 1860); Kitty (Etting) Cohen (1799-1837), a letter from Richea (Gratz) Hays and her daughters, Ellen and Miriam (1819), a letter from her aunt, Frances (Gratz) Etting (1819), and a letter from her mother, Rachel (Gratz) Etting (circa 1821).

Elijah Gratz Etting (1795-1849), a small manuscript notebook entitled "Elements of Moral Philosophy, Vol. 2^nd, Gratz Etting, scripsit" (1811), and a letter on a business matter (1836).

A day book of a Philadelphia Jewish merchant for the period February, 1755 to April 1761, containing the signatures of Barnard Gratz and Benjamin Moses Clava and also the names of 27 other Jewish customers. Samuel Oppenheim ascribes the authorship to David Franks; contains also a manuscript list dated 1854 of autographed letters of prominent Americans in the possession of Frank Marx Etting, including members of the U.S. Congress of 1774, the Governors of the American colonies and the signers of the Declaration of Independence. These letters were sold and presented by the purchases to Ho ... nden College, Pennsylvania.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into a single series.

• Etting family collection, undated, 1755-1769, 1787-1830, 1836, 1913

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16^th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Etting family collection; P-143; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

Acquisition Note

Gifts, in part of A.S.W. Rosenbach and the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Foundation, 1979.

Gift, in part, of Mr. Samuel Oppenheim, 1913.

Note

Includes former P-64.

Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832
  • Clava, Benjamin Moses d. 1785
  • Cohen family
  • Cohen, Jacob Raphael, circa 1738-1811
  • Cohen, Kitty (Etting), 1797-1837
  • Franks, David, 1720-1794
  • Gratz family
  • Gratz, Barnard, 1738-1801
  • Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811
  • Hays, Miriam (Gratz), 1798-1826
  • Hays, Richea (Gratz), 1774-1858
  • Josephson, Manuel, circa 1729-1796
  • Mears family
  • Mickle family
  • Miles family
  • Myers family
  • Nones, Benjamin, 1757-1826
  • Poor family
  • Simon, Joseph, 1712-1804
  • Solomon family
  • Taylor family

• Subject Topics:

  • Citizenship -- United States
  • Ketubah

• Subject Places:

  • Baltimore -- History
  • Frederick (Md.)
  • Harper's Ferry (W. Va.)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Philadelphia -- History
  • United States -- Economic conditions
  • United States -- History -- Colonial period -- Sources

Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.