NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT JOSEPH MARKS DEALER IN SHOES, ETC, OF CHARLESTON, S.C., HAS THIS DAY MADE AN ASSIGNMENT TO ME OF ALL HIS PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFITS OF HIS CREDITORS, AND THAT A MEETING OF HIS CREDITORS WILL BE HELD AT THE OFFICE OF MITCHELL & SMITH, 31 BROAD STREET, CHARLESTON, S.C., ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1896 AT 12 NOON, TO APPOINT AN AGENT OF CREDITORS. ISAAC S. COHEN, ASSIGNEE. CHARLESTON, S.C., 27TH OCTOBER, 1896.
[Charleston, S.C. 1896]. Broadside, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". This small broadside is printed in a pleasant font and signed in type by Isaac S. Cohen. Minor wear, large chip of top right corner of blank margin [no text loss]. Good+.
Isaac S. Cohen [1871-1915] was a Jewish businessman in Charleston. He worked for First National Bank after high school, then worked as a cashier and later president for twenty years of Charleston Savings Bank. He was the son of Louis Cohen [1833-1914], a Polish Jew who came to Charleston in 1850 and became a successful tailor and later the owner of a large and well-known clothing store in Florence. ["Charleston Banker Died In Asheville," Columbia Record, June 23, 1915, page 8; Find A Grave website, accessed July 2025.]
Joseph Marks [1858-1935] was the president of M. Marks & Sons for many years, a business started by his father Moses Marks [1833-1911], a Russian Jew who came to the United States in 1850, settled in Charleston, and became a successful merchant. Moses opened the large and very successful M. Marks & Sons in 1891 as a dry goods emporium and clothing business. The business ran until about 1930. Moses Marks' obituary says the business was "probably the first 5 and 10 cents store in the United States." ["M. Marks & Sons," The Jewish Merchant Project website, accessed July 2025; "Moses Marks", The State Newspaper, April 22, 1911, page 9.]
Mitchell & Smith was a law firm in Charleston active from about 1877-1919. Item #41088
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