Silva (Gabriel da)
Item
Country
FR
Name of institution (English)
Gironde Departmental Archives
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
fra
Contact information: postal address
72 cours Balguerie-Stuttenberg, 33300 Bordeaux
Contact information: phone number
0033 (0)556996600
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Contact information: email
Reference number
7 B 2021/2174
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Silva (Gabriel da)
Title (official language of the state)
Silva (Gabriel da)
Language of title
fra
Creator / accumulator
Gabriel da Silva
Date(s)
1660/1789
Language(s)
fra
Extent
158 archival units
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This fonds comprises documentation on Gabriel de Silva (ca. 1683–1763), a Portuguese Jewish banker and syndic of the Portuguese nation in Bordeaux. The fonds is divided into three major collections: General correspondence, Accounting, and Miscellaneous. The collection includes extensive correspondence with merchants and agents in numerous cities where Silva was particularly active, such as Amsterdam, Antwerp, Curaçao, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brussels, Cadiz, Frankfurt, Granada, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles, among many other places. The Accounting documentation includes receipts, invoices, bills of exchange, and other related documents. As a result of Silva's role as the syndic of the Portuguese nation of Bordeaux, this collection also includes numerous documents regarding the Sephardic community settled in this city. For instance, it is the case of a document (7 B 2173) concerning the Confrérie des Pauvres Malades (Brotherhood of the Poor and Sick), which includes the list of its members, among them Ishac Henriques de Castro (alias Gabriel (or Georges) Henriques de Castro), Samuel Gomez-Talavera (alias Samuel Talavera), Yoseph Gomez, Joseph Gomez, Moseh Rodriguez-Silva, Fernando (or Antoine) Rodrigue-Silva, Moseh Lopez-Ferreira, Manuel Lopez Pereyra, Abraham Carvallo, François Carbaille, Yahacob (or Antoine) Henriquez de Castro, and the former syndic Yacob de Castro.
Archival history
The Gabriel da Silva collection is part of the Négociants (traders) fonds. This documentation came from multiple origins. Recently, these records, which were scattered and mixed up, were reorganised and catalogued. A topographical classification was adopted, creating conditions for the collection to provide researchers with new insights into the development of trade in France.
Administrative / Biographical history
Gabriel de Silva (ca. 1683–1763) was a Portuguese Jewish banker and syndic of the Portuguese nation in Bordeaux.
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Author of the description
Kevin Soares, 2023
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