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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA). (Mikveh Israel). Commercial order and receipt. Headed: “Jews Congregation, ” a list of lumber and the prices paid. One page, heavy folds, address panel. Folio. Philadelphia: 1785 This document is the order placed by Mikveh Israel to the Philadelphia lumber firm of Wayne & Maxfield. Significant amounts of lumber, boards and shingles of many types of wood are listed. This was the raw materials required for the “Building Back of the Synagogue” - an expansion of the structure on Cherry Alley, first constructed in 1782. A signed note attests that the lumber was “Deliver’d to.” Recorded is Michael Gratz, Parnas of the synagogue, who oversaw this transaction; and Matthias Sadler, who was the artificer, or contractor.