Subject: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History

Mounted albumen photograph of Phineas Moses (1798-1895), a Jewish pioneer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Taken by Cincinnati photographer James Landy. The photograph measures 145x95 mm (overall 200x245 mm) and is from the book *Cincinnati past and present, or, its industrial history as exhibited in the life-labors of its leading men*, published by Elm Street Printing Co. in Cincinnati in 1872. The photograph is in very good condition.

Partial run of the German-language newspaper *Die Deborah*, published in Cincinnati, Ohio, from January 1, 1857, to August 21, 1857, and August 13, 1858. This volume (Volume 4, Copy 1) is incomplete, with gaps in the sequence. Published by Bloch & Co., *Die Deborah* was a sister publication to *The Israelite*. Isaac Mayer Wise served as editor. The newspaper is bound in an old binding.

A two and three-quarter page letter written by Dr. Alfred Stille to Dr. Isaac Hays on May 7, 1850, from Cincinnati, Ohio. Stille describes attending the American Medical Association (AMA) convention. This is the first of two letters from Stille chronicling the AMA convention; the AMA was founded in 1847.

Two-page letter from Joseph Abraham, a lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Isaac Leeser, dated July 16, 1851. Abraham discusses Jewish life in Cincinnati, including the construction of a new synagogue for K.K. Beni Israel and the death of Mr. Moehring's infant son in a fire. He also mentions his status as the only Jewish lawyer in Ohio.

A signed letter written by Joseph Jonas on September 7, 1840, inviting Allen G. Thurman of Chillicothe, Ohio, to address Democratic Republican citizens in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jonas, a prominent figure in both Jewish and civic affairs in Cincinnati, was the first Jew to settle in the city. The letter reflects Jonas's involvement in local politics and his efforts to engage the community.

Letter written by L. E. Bruel of Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 11, 1864, informing Isaac Leeser of the death of his father, Samuel Bruel. The letter includes an obituary from a Cincinnati newspaper. Samuel Bruel was a prominent member of the Cincinnati Jewish community, a hatter, founder of the Hebrew Beneficent Society of Cincinnati (1839), and Gabah Beth Haim of Bnai Israel (1849). He was known for his contributions to the Occident and his involvement in the Kosher Dead Sheep controversy of 1840/41.