Archief van Isaac Sigala
Item
Country
NL
Name of institution (English)
Amsterdam City Archives
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
dut
Contact information: postal address
Vijzelstraat 32, 1017 HL Amsterdam
Contact information: phone number
0031 202511511
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
stadarchief@amsterdam.nl
Reference number
193
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Archive of Isaac Sigala
Title (official language of the state)
Archief van Isaac Sigala
Language of title
dut
Creator / accumulator
Isaac Sigala
Date(s)
1737/1793
Language(s)
dut
por
spa
Extent
1 storage unit
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
This collection consists of a copybook of letters from Isaac Sigala, a bookkeeper in Amsterdam, mainly addressed to his brother Sabetay Sigala, who lived in Surinam. The letters were written between 1737 and 1793. Other Sephardim to whom Sigala's letters are addressed are Isaac Veiga Henriques; Mordechay and IsaacTalano from The Hague; David Cohen Delmonte, Isaac de Lemos Junior and Jacob Gonzales Monsanto from Hamburg; David and Jacob Abendaya Namias from Altona; Imanuel da Costa Gomes, Jacob Jessurun de Oliveyra and Ishac de Sola from Curaçao; his sister-in-law Ribca and his nephews David Haim Sigala, Mordechai Haim Sigala, David Haim Brandon, Daniel Mendonza and Abraham Abenatar Junior. These letters to Sephardim are written in Portuguese. The rest of the correspondence is tendentially in Dutch.
Administrative / Biographical history
Isaac Sigala (d. 1793) was a Sephardic Jew who worked as a bookkeeper in Amsterdam. In 1759, he bought a house and yard between Amstel and Muidergracht near the Oudevrouwenhuis. He disposed of it in 1780. Isaac and his brother Sabetay were sons of Mordechay Sigala (d. 1750). Sabetay lived in Suriname and left a widow there, Ribca de Mercado Bom Rey.
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A digital copy of the volume that composes this collection is available online:
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Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues and Carla Vieira, 2022
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