Lot 496
South Carolina Ketubah – USA, 1857
Ketubah of marriage of “philanthropist Meir son of Rabbi Ephraim known as Morris Meyer" and bride "Sarah Gertrude" daughter of Naftali Hertz Wolff Oppenheim. Charleston, South Carolina (USA), Cheshvan 1857 – “eighty one years to American’s independence”.
Ink upon paper in square letters. Reverse side contains signatures of witnesses and name of Mesader Kiddushin: Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Chaim (Maurice Mayer), rabbi of "Beit Elokim" Synagogue in Charleston. Document authentication listed in German, signed by rabbinical bureau of Hannover (Germany), 1889.
Folded leaf. 33 cm. Good condition, tears and folding marks.
