Raynors HCA 2017-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/1/2017
ETTING, Solomon (1764-1847) was a businessman and civic leader in Baltimore. He lived in York and Lancaster, Pennsylvania until he moved to Baltimore in 1791. A staunch Republican, Etting was a member of the Baltimore Republican Society. In 1794, he helped organize public protests against the Jay Treaty. He was elected to the First Branch of the Baltimore City Council, 1826, along with Jacob I. Cohen. They were the first two Jewish elected officials in Maryland. He was a founding member of the Baltimore Water Company in 1804, and a member of General Committee of Safety and Vigilance, which coordinated the defense of Baltimore during the attack by the British in 1814. Etting was also a founder of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1827. Autograph Letter Signed “Solomon Etting” 1pp., July 20, 1790, 1pp., to Jonathan Bayard Smith, in modern framed, VG. In part, At a meeting of the lodge No. 43 in this Borough ... Brother Lewis Farmer was unanimously chosen our Representative to appear for us ....”
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