Morris, Robert (1734-1806) [Land share certificate for Moses Levy in Pennsylvania Property Company]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01221.05 Author/Creator: Morris, Robert (1734-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document signed Date: 15 August 1797 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18 x 17 cm. Order a Copy
Partially printed certificate signed by Robert Morris, certifying that Levy owns ten shares in the Pennsylvania Property Co. Also signed by Garrett Cottinger, Thomas Fitzsimons, and Joseph Ball.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Robert Morris was a Pennsylvania senator and a signed of the Declaration of Independence.
Moses Levy, 1757-1826, was one of the first Jewish lawyers in the United States and later a judge and member of the Pennsylvania legislature.
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