Printed vellum sheet containing the text of a greeting delivered by Tel Aviv City Council to Edmond (Binyamin) James de Rothschild ("the Baron Rothschild), "Tel Aviv near Jaffa, " Shevat (January-February) 1914.Vellum sheet in scroll-like format containing the printed text of a (Hebrew) greeting delivered by the Tel Aviv City Council to the Baron Rothschild on the occasion of his first visit to the city: "To our brother, greatest among his brothers, to Binyamin ben Ya'akov Baron de Rothschild… You are most welcome!... A blessing have you brought [with you] to the Land, and a blessing should you take from her… Small and meager was the Jewish community in the Land of Israel thirty years ago, when you arrived to rain upon it your generosity. And you bestowed upon it your silver and your gold, and above all else, your pure soul, your Hebrew heart. And behold, the good seed you have sowed, with your great strength and the goodwill of your pure heart, has borne plentiful fruit…"This greeting to the Baron Edmond (Binyamin) James de Rothschild (1845-1934) was written in whole or in part by the author and journalist Mordecai Ben Hillel Hacohen (1856-1936), one of the founders of Tel Aviv and one of its earliest inhabitants. The greeting was written on a vellum scroll and presented to the Baron enclosed in a silver case, specially made by the silversmith Moshe Avraham Sokolka. In his memoirs, Ben Hillel Hacohen retells the story of the presentation to the Baron Rothschild: "The Baron disembarked from his ship, and did Tel Aviv the honor of spending the night [there], in [Menahem] Sheinkin's house… At the entrance to the courtyard, an honor guard was posted in the person of the hero of Petah Tikva, Avraham Shapira, with a long, curved sword dangling from his belt… The following morning, pupils from all the schools passed by the house, accompanied by their teachers, and the band played… The [City] Council of Tel Aviv presented a letter of greeting. I was entrusted with preparing the letter, and it was written on parchment, and the silversmith [Moshe Avraham] Sokolka handed it in an artistically made silver case" (see Mordecai Ben Hillel Hacohen, "Olami" , Vol. 5, Defus Poalim, Jerusalem, 1928/29; Hebrew).Dimensions (not including paspartoo): 61X20 cm. Tears, creases, stains and some missing parts.Provenance: The Yitzhak Einhorn Collection.