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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1249

Judaica: Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon, Esq., 1st Baronet (1778-1859). English financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom. Goldsmid began business in a firm brokering bullion to the Bank of England and the East India Company; in 1841, he became the first Jewish baronet. Autograph Letter Signed "Isaac L. Goldsmid". Two and a quarter pages, St. Johns Lodge, Regents Park, 4 August (18)41. A personal message apparently to a colleague regarding earlier correspondence. Quarterfold, Fine.

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