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Seligman Hoffman citizenship document, 1851.
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Title:
Seligman Hoffman citizenship document, 1851Creator/Contributor:
Hoffman, Seligman., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1987.004.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Collection consists of one hand-written court document attesting to the American citizenship of Seligman Hoffman received
from the Court of Pleas and Common Session in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1851. On the reverse of the document is a voter
registration seal for the city of San Francisco (1888).
Date:
1851 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caHoffman, Seligman -- Archives
Jews -- California
Jews -- North Carolina
Naturalization records -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1987.004.
Seligman Hoffman citizenship document, BANC MSS 2010/558, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Seligman Hoffman emigrated from Germany to the U.S. He first settled in North Carolina, where he became an American citizen.
Eventually, he settled in San Francisco and had three children: Jessie, William, and Eugene. Jessie married Samuel Meyer;
they had two children, Elise and John. Elise Meyer married Lewis Samuel Rose, a grandson of Moses Rosenbaum (the Magnes Collection
of Jewish Art and Life includes a portrait of Moses Rosenbaum painted by Toby Rosenthal). Elise and Lewis had two children:
Lewis S. Rose, Jr. and John.
Materials in English.
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1 folder.
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585586