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Country
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US
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
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Contact information: phone number
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001 212 294 8301
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Contact information: email
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RCMiller@cjh.org (archive and library services)
Inquiries@cjh.org (research inquiries)
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Reference number
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P-62
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (official language of the state)
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Gomez family papers
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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Gomez family
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Date(s)
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1688/1905
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Language(s)
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eng
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heb
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lat
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Extent
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1 box
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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This collection comprises records about or of members of the Gomez family of New York, namely Lewis Moses Gomez (1654/60-1740), Jacob Gomez (d. 1722), Daniel Gomez (1695-1780), Mordecai Gomez (1688-1750), Moses Gomez, Aaron Lopez Gomez (d. 1860); and Aaron and Hetty Gomez.
The collection is composed of the following items:
Folder 1: Notes on real estate of Aaron Lopez Gomez and Henrietta Hendricks Gomez (1801-1865), circa 1832-1870s.
Folder 2: Leases of Aaron Lopez Gomez and Henrietta Hendricks Lopez, 1828-1852.
Folder 3: Accounts belonging to Aaron Lopez Gomez and Henrietta Hendricks Lopez, 1859-1864.
Folder 4: Estate of Henrietta Hendricks Gomez, circa 1865-1899.
Folder 5: Estate of Aaron Lopez Gomez, circa 1860-1865.
Folder 6: Indenture from Archibald Kennedy to Jacob Gomez, 1716.
Folder 7: Indenture from Archibald Kennedy to Lewis Gomez, 1716.
Folder 8: Endenization papers of Lewis Gomez, 1717.
Folder 9: Coat of arms of the Gomez Family, circa 1900s.
Folder 11: Inscriptions from books, circa 1746-1790.
Folder 12: Hebrew Ketubah of Aaron Lopez Gomez and Henrietta Hendricks Gomez, 1821.
Folder 13: Indentures, 1751, 1772.
Folder 14: Indentures of Daniel Gomez, 1719, 1747, 1775.
Folder 15: Inventory of estate of Mordecai Gomez, 1750.
Folder 16: Cash receipt book, 1858-1860.
Folder 17: Prayer book, circa 1689.
Folder 18: Letters of Moses Mordecai Gomez, 1782.
Box OS1F, folder 1: Ketubah and Legal Documents, circa 1821-1868.
Box OS4, folder 1: Gomez Ledger, circa 1821-1868.
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Archival history
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This collection is the result of several donations, namely by Samuel Oppenheim in 1922, Mrs Clarence S. and Mr Edgar J. Nathan, Jr. (from the estates of various members of the Gomez, Isaacs, and Hendricks families) in 1929, and the Elsie O. and Philip D. Sang Foundation in 1979.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The Gomez family were Sephardic Jews who settled in New York City in the early 1700s. The first member of this family who moved to British America was Lewis (Luís) Moses Gomez (1654-1740), a son of Isaac Gomez, a converso who left Madrid early in the 17th century and moved to Bordeaux. Lewis moved first from Bordeaux to London and later, in 1703, to New York. He was the father of a generation of prosperous merchants and remarkable members of the Congregation Shearith Israel: Mordecai Gomez, Daniel Gomez, Isaac Gomez and Benjamin Gomez.
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(source: Jewish Encyclopedia)
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Access, restrictions
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The collection is open to all researchers except items that may be restricted due to their fragility or privacy. Digital copies of this collection are available online:
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Center for Jewish History
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Author of the description
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Carla Vieira, 2022
