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- Call number
- MssCol 1564
- Physical description
- 1 item (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Schutz-Brief für den Juden Feibisch Kaskel Dombrow zu Breslau No. 62, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Manuscript "letter of protection" on parchment with red wax seal, first issued to Feibisch Kaskel Dombrow on 20 Nov. 1790, continued to his widow on 27 Oct. 1797, and transferred with the number (62) to Loebel Isaac Lasker on 31 July 1806. The schutzbrief was one issued to each of 160 heads of families of the limited Jewish community of Breslau known by the name of Breslauche Schutz Juden, and protected them in their residence and granted to them privileges of trade.
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328