"Ledger of Chevra Mishnayot - of the Lubavitch and Nizhyn Beit Midrash". NY, [1913].
Title page and regulations in calligraphic writing. Mentioned on the title page and at the beginning of the regulations, that the society was founded on Rosh Chodesh Tevet [1906].
Lists of members and gaba'im. Regulations are written in Hebrew and in Yiddish. Protocols and accounts from 1913-1914 cover several pages. Another leaf of official stationery of "Congregation Lubavitz Wenezin" at 169 Henry Street, NY, with records of protocol and "names of arbitrators and of gaba'im" from 1913 covering both sides of the leaf.
Large ledger, 29 cm. [16] written pages. Most leaves are blank (with printed pagination from left binding to right, 1-500). Good condition. Worn contemporary fabric binding, with note pasted on binding: "Ledger of Chevra Mishnayot".
+ Leaf of official stationery, 27 cm. Good condition.
Early documentation of the association of Chabad immigrants from Lubavitch and Nizhyn to Manhattan, NY in the 1900s-1910s.