PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD. 1785-1819. Manuscript land deed on vellum signed by 9 members of the influential Seixas family selling property to hero of the War of 1812, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1 p, 555 x 373 mm, signed by Jochebed Seixas (Moses Seixas's wife), Rachel and Naphtali Phillips (Seixas's daughter and her husband), Judy and Samuel Lopez (daughter and her husband), Abby Seixas, Grace Seixas, Hetty Seixas, Bilhah Seixas (four daughters), Stephen T. Northam (as trustee for Benjamin Seixas), seals affixed, with manuscript certification to the verso, signed by Wm L. Morris and Jonathan Almy, and with attached certification signed by Benjamin Ferris.
Provenance: Ex-collection Justin Turner; Dr. William Coleman; by descent to his heirs; Bruce Gimelson.
THE SEIXAS FAMILY SETTLES THE ESTATE OF MOSES SEIXAS WITH THE SALE OF FAMILY PROPERTY TO OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, "HERO OF LAKE ERIE." Moses Seixas was a first-generation Jewish-American, leader of the Tuoro Synagogue of Newport, Rhode-Island, a Grand Master Mason, and founder of the Bank of Rhode Island, as well as the inspiration for George Washington's famous statement on religious liberty, "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance," which echoed Seixas's words (see previous lot).
Oliver Hazard Perry was a hero of the War of 1812, and the elder brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. In 1813 he earned the moniker "Hero of Lake Erie" for commanding the American forces in a decisive victory for which he received a gold medal from Congress. His leadership materially aided the successful outcomes of all nine Lake Erie military victories, the turning point in the battle for the West in the War. His message to General William Henry Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," remains one of the most famous military quotes in American history.
Napthali Phillips worked for Claypoole's American Advertiser, and on September 16, 1796, obtained the first copy off the press of the first appearance of Washington's Farewell Address, which was never delivered publicly. His copy was laid into the cornerstone of the Washington Monument when its construction was begun in 1848. A important document linking one of America's greatest naval heroes and one of the most important early American Jewish families, including the extremely rare signatures of the female members.
PERRY, OLIVER HAZARD. 1785-1819. Manuscript land deed on vellum signed by 9 members of the influential Seixas family selling property to hero of the War of 1812, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1 p, 555 x 373 mm, signed by Jochebed Seixas (Moses Seixas's wife), Rachel and Naphtali Phillips (Seixas's daughter and her husband), Judy and Samuel Lopez (daughter and her husband), Abby Seixas, Grace Seixas, Hetty Seixas, Bilhah Seixas (four daughters), Stephen T. Northam (as trustee for Benjamin Seixas), seals affixed, with manuscript certification to the verso, signed by Wm L. Morris and Jonathan Almy, and with attached certification signed by Benjamin Ferris.
Provenance: Ex-collection Justin Turner; Dr. William Coleman; by descent to his heirs; Bruce Gimelson.
THE SEIXAS FAMILY SETTLES THE ESTATE OF MOSES SEIXAS WITH THE SALE OF FAMILY PROPERTY TO OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, "HERO OF LAKE ERIE." Moses Seixas was a first-generation Jewish-American, leader of the Tuoro Synagogue of Newport, Rhode-Island, a Grand Master Mason, and founder of the Bank of Rhode Island, as well as the inspiration for George Washington's famous statement on religious liberty, "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance," which echoed Seixas's words (see previous lot).
Oliver Hazard Perry was a hero of the War of 1812, and the elder brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. In 1813 he earned the moniker "Hero of Lake Erie" for commanding the American forces in a decisive victory for which he received a gold medal from Congress. His leadership materially aided the successful outcomes of all nine Lake Erie military victories, the turning point in the battle for the West in the War. His message to General William Henry Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," remains one of the most famous military quotes in American history.
Napthali Phillips worked for Claypoole's American Advertiser, and on September 16, 1796, obtained the first copy off the press of the first appearance of Washington's Farewell Address, which was never delivered publicly. His copy was laid into the cornerstone of the Washington Monument when its construction was begun in 1848. A important document linking one of America's greatest naval heroes and one of the most important early American Jewish families, including the extremely rare signatures of the female members.
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