ketubahs
Subject
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Scope Note: Traditional Jewish marriage contracts, traditionally written in Aramaic and signed by witnesses, setting out reciprocal duties of husband and wife, including the husband's obligation to pay the wife a certain sum in the event of divorce, and the wife's property rights upon his death.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Solomons family papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 1103
Abstract
Photographs, genealogical materials, financial and legal papers, ketubah, and correspondence of the Solomons family of Sumter, South Carolina. Materials primarily relate to the family of Augustus Aurelius Solomons, Sumter merchant, and youngest son of Mark Solomons and Rachel Rodrigues Solomons. Solomons' parents are reputed to be Sumter's first permanent Jewish settlers, moving to the area circa 1820.
Dates:
1800s-1941
Found in:
Special Collections
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Solomons family papers