Financial Records of Simon and Mary Lewy, Eufaula, Alabama, 1870-1948

This archive contains a collection of financial documents spanning from 1870 to 1948, primarily related to Simon and Mary Lewy, Jewish merchants in Eufaula, Alabama. The collection includes loan documents, balance sheets, mortgages, and tax receipts, offering insights into the Lewys' business activities and financial dealings. Specific documents include a loan from Solomon Lewy to Simon Lewy (1870), three complete balance sheets from the 1880s, numerous loan documents from 1890 to 1904, several poll tax receipts (circa late 1890s), and approximately ten documents from the 1940s concerning local taxes. The collection provides a valuable glimpse into the financial life of a Jewish merchant family in a small Southern town. Notable documents include a mortgage between Simon and Mary Lewy and an illegible seller (possibly J. G. Guire) dated December 30, 1890; a mortgage between Mary Lewy et al. and an illegible seller (possibly J. G. Guire) dated December 30, 1890; documentation of a loan taken out by Simon Lewy from the Eufaula Building and Loan Association for $2,000 on April 17, 1875; and a mortgage between Simon and Mary Lewy and A. Friedlander & Co. dated March 30, 1886. The collection comprises over 50 documents.

Associated People/Businesses

• Lewy, Simon
• Guice, J. G.
• East Alabama National Bank
• Lewy, Mary
• Eufaula Building and Loan Association
• A. Friedlander & Company
• Daily Times Print
• Lewy Bros.
• Berwiger Bros.
• Armstrong, Cator & Co.
• S. Lewy & Son
• Eufaula National Bank
• E. B. Young & Co.

Geography

• Eufaula
• United States of America
• Eufaula
• New York City
• Eufaula

Subjects

• Finance
• Business records

Physical Location

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