A handwritten legal document - Power of Attorney in the name of the treasurer of "The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind". Philadelphia, 1844. English.
A Power of Attorney in the name of the treasurer of "The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind", George W. Edelman. Written by hand and signed, among others, by the president of the institution Benjamin W. Richards.
"The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind" was founded in 1832 by Julius Reinhold Friedland (1803-1839), a Jew born in Upper Silesia. Friedland headed the institution for six years until his passing in 1839. Later on the institution moved to Overbrook in Philadelphia and in 1946 its name was changed to Overbrook School for the Blind.
[4] pp (sheet folded into two), 28.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains and tears (mainly at margins).