Receipt documenting the immigration of Leopold Morse to America from Belgium on January 4, 1849. The receipt indicates his arrival in New York City. The document measures approximately 5.5" x 8.5". Additional biographical information on Leopold Morse (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) is included, noting his success in retail clothing, his terms as a United States Representative from Massachusetts (1877-1885 & 1887-1889), his presidency of the Post Publishing Co., and his founding of the Boston Home for Infirm Hebrews and Orphanage.
Subject: Jews -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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