Collection of Documents and Letters – Jedda – 1920s and 1930s

Collection of Documents and Letters – Jedda – 1920s and 1930s
Five documents and letters documenting the attempts to establish an agricultural settlement and factories in Jedda (today, Ramat Yishai). Jedda, Haifa and Tel-Aviv, 1920s and 1930s. Hebrew, one letter is in Yiddish.
1. Handwritten contract drawn up between two of the founders of Jedda, Max (Mordechai) Rosenberg and Zvi Weinberg, about a business partnership in the beer factory "Max-Brau" the 15th of Kislev 1925.
2. A letter by the Zionist Executive to the secretariat of the organization of Jedda – refusal to provide assistance to the settlement due to the pressing situation of older settlements. April 12, 1929. Hebrew and a little Yiddish.
3. Letter by the leaders of the settlement of Jedda to the National Council – an urgent request for aid and assistance with an interesting description of the history of the settlement and its hardships: the economic collapse of the "Manor" textile factory, the failure of agriculture, the mouse infestation in the lands of the settlement, the desertion of many settlers, security problems, and more. June 16, 1930.
4. Memorandum by the committee of the settlement of Jedda to the Zionist Executive, an urgent request for assistance with a description of the economic situation of the settlement: the rent of the land, the accumulating debts to the mills, the fear of imprisonment and more. June 16, 1930.
5. Letter, written on official stationery, by the owner of the "HaOreg" factory in Jedda, Ya'akov Stein (Yiddish). Haifa, June 22, 1930.
Enclosed: a leaf printed in English – description of the 1929 Palestine Riots across the country, with reference to the settlement of Jedda (presumably, from a longer text).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, stains and blemishes.