Bidspirit auction | ISRAEL I. COHEN. Autograph Letter

ISRAEL I. COHEN. Autograph Letter Signed, written to L. Claude, Treasurer of Maryland. Concerning financial payment. * With: Accompanying autograph envelope. One page. 8vo. Baltimore, 25th May, 1847. Israel Cohen (1820-75) was a member of Baltimore's most prominent Jewish family.   The 1850 Census lists him as ”Security and Commodity Brokerage and Investment Companies.” The 1860 Census, as well as the 1870 Census, lists him as a stockbroker. He was also a Railroad Company director, Treasurer and patron of the Maryland Academy of Music, and patron of the Maryland Academy of Art.  His father Benjamin I. Cohen (1797-1845) was one of the foremost bankers of Baltimore, a founder of the Baltimore Stock Board, and an influential advocate of Jewish civil rights.