Handwritten Notebook with Possible Financial Information
View interactive document pageThis is a personal notebook, possibly a ledger with financial information. Inserted are a few letters on stationary from Jacob H. Joseph Haim, Baghdad, M. A. Sasson in Calcutta (dated 1920), and Mrs. R. Belilios (dated 1920). An envelope found in the book is addressed to Mrs. L. D. Sasson.
Returned (Kadkad) from him a drawing released for a partner Kadkad from Yehuda from Ezra ⟦line⟧ Drawing in the portion of 2888 Returned from Kadkad a drawing from (five) from Abbas from for him from him thus ⟦line⟧ from 0870 drawing from Ali 0290
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> The debt in ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 140 ⟦...⟧ | 60 ⟦...⟧ | 40 ⟦...⟧ | 240 Delivered to ⟦...⟧ | " ⟦...⟧ | 40 " ⟦...⟧ | 40 " ⟦...⟧ | 40 " ⟦...⟧ | 40 ⟦...⟧ | 160 Delivered to ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
In the name 677 Known which was with us in the house in the dwelling of the sleeping of the girls in number 3 number ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 116 ⟦...⟧ 11 number of handkerchiefs in the house worn new 4 number of handkerchiefs in the house 4 number of handkerchiefs in the house 8 number of handkerchiefs in the house ⟦...⟧ number of handkerchiefs in the house ⟦...⟧ number of handkerchiefs in the house 5 the total number of handkerchiefs 12 in the house 15 one in the house 40 in the house and new 14 in the house 20 one in the house 50 one in the house 12 one in the house 6 in the house 10 in the house 10 ⟦...⟧ in the house 12 ⟦...⟧ in the house Number of handkerchiefs in the house Number of handkerchiefs in the house Number of handkerchiefs in the house ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Y⟧ ⟦Y⟧ ⟦Y⟧ Order of Generation Debt of David Yosef Hayyim ⟦from⟧ Baghdad for the day of ⟦19⟧ Tishrei Dirham 117 10 ⟦line⟧ 107 Order of Generation Debt of David Yosef Hayyim for the day of the eve of Shabbat from every past year To Yosef David Shalom From Yosef David Shalom Yosef David Shalom
Yearly fee 5000 Half a house was sold to Joseph son of Abraham son of Yosef Chaim For good luck on Sunday the 25th of the month of Elul the year 5680 Purchased there ⟦illegible⟧ 100 19 By Dalal and Abraham Chacham By Isaac son of Solomon By David ⟦illegible⟧ Half the house was sold to Abraham son of Yosef Chaim son of Abraham Yosef Chaim on Sunday the 25th of Elul the year 5680 And that on the same day the funds ⟦illegible⟧ were sold