アメリカのユダヤ人1621-1826年(全4巻)<br>Jews in the Americas, 1621-1826 (4-Volume Set)

アメリカのユダヤ人1621-1826年(全4巻)
Jews in the Americas, 1621-1826 (4-Volume Set)

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This comprehensive collection of print and manuscript sources offers an illuminating history of one of the New World's few non-Christian communities of European origin. The sources in this collection come from the US, the UK, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The volumes are organized chronologically.

Contents

Volume 1(1634)+; Gratz family (1758-60)+; Lopez family (1753-7); Solomon and Asher families (1727-1735). Family Histories: Moses Gomez, Family Records from the Spanish Bible of 1660 (1693-1760); Benjamin Sheftall, Sheftall Family Diary (1733-60). Houses: Sebastian Duarte and Manuel Bautista Perez, Description of house in Lima (1635)+; Excerpt from the inventory of the estate of Sebastian Duarte+; List of Jews' plantations and houses in Barbados and Jamaica (1692); New York household estate inventories: Levy (1682), Samuell (1702), Brown (1708), Bueno (1708); Pinheiro (1709), Levy (1721); Names of Jewish Plantations in and around Jodensavanne and their Owners (1737)+; Advertisement for Sale of House in Newport, Newport Merucy (1759). Food: Importation of flour, meat, and other products by Mr Moses Mikael (Curacao) and Michael Asher (Boston) (1720)+; Mendoza, Dinim de Sehita y Bedica (1733)+*; Resolution Regarding Certificates for Kosher Beef (1747); Letter from Samuel Mendes de Sola (Curacao) to the Parnassim, Gabay, and Adjunta of 'Sererit Israel' (New York) (1753)+; Letter from Jeoshua Hisquiau de Cordova (Jamaica) to Shearith Israel (New York) (1758)+; Abraham I. Abrahams (Congregation Shearith Israel, New York), Certificate of Kashrut for meat shipped by Michael Gratz to Barbados (1767)+; Certificate of Kosher Beef Sent from Newport to Suriname (1787)+. Life Cycles Circumcision: Isaac Fernando Cardoso, Defense of circumcision, Las excelencias de los Hebreos (1679)+; Letter from Daniel Gomez (New York) to Aaron Lopez (Newport) (1753); Abraham I Abrahams, Registry of Cases of Circumcision (1756-60)*; Barnard Jacobs, Circumcision Book for Pennsylvania (1757-90)*. Education: Isaac de Matatias de Aboab, 'Books for every condition and age, particularly in order to educate young people from immaturity to virtue' (1685)+*. Marriage: Ketubahs: Elijah Lopes and Rachel Nunes da Fonseca (1676)+, Isaac Pinto da Fonseca and Judith (1705)+, Joseph Cohen Nassy and Esther (1705)+, Jacob, son of Hakham Jehuda Leva Templo and Sarah, daughter of David Uziel Cardozo (1711)+, Isaac Franks and Sinca Hart (1720)+, Joseph, son of Isaac Pinto da Fonseca and Jael, daughter of David Cohen Nassy (1724)+, Moses, son of Abraham Izidro and Sarah daughter of Abraham de Britto (1727)+; Regulation Demoting Portuguese Jewish Men who Marry Ashkenazi Women (1754)+. Mikveh: Minutes from Shearith Israel regarding Mikveh (1760). Death: Petition to Use Land for a Burying Ground and Memorandum for Those Who Contributed to the Purchase of the Burial Ground (1657); Epitaphs: Rabbi Moses Raphael de Aguilar and his wife Esther (1679, 1720)+, Benvenida Cohen Rodriguez (1684)+, Isaac and Esther Aboab da Fonseca (1693, 1669)+, Michael de Samuel de Casseres and Rebecca Spinoza (1695)+, Hakham Elijah Lopes (1713)+, Sarah Hannah, wife of David Lopes Dias (1716)+, Rachel, wife of Moses Franco Nunes (1771)+, Samuel Levy (1719)+, Jossias Gavay Ferro (1723)+, David Israel Bernal (1729)+, Miriam Lopez de Fonseca (1732)+, Rachel, daughter of Hakham Abraham Gabay Izidro (1732)+, Moses Mikal (1740)+, Mehir Cohen Belinfante (1752)+, David de Leao (1760)+; Wills: David Raphael de Mercado (1685), David Alvares (1690), Luis Dias (1706), Isaac Pinheiro (1708), Jossias Gavay Ferro (1709)+, David Israel Bernal (1716)+ and Amendment to Will (1729)+, Samuel Levy (1719), Isaac Pereira Brandon (1731), Samuel Myers Cohen (1741), Abraham Minis (1757). Natural Disasters: The Port-Royal Earthquake of 1692: Description of Port-Royal, Col. Papers, Vol. XXV, No. 1 (1670); The truest and largest account of the late earthquake in Jamaica (1692)*; Epitaph of Judith, wife of Moses de Lusena (1692)+; Epitaph of Moses de Lucena (1692)+; Inventory of Moses de Lucena (1692); Petition of Certain Jews of Jamaica to the Queen (1692). Smallpox Epidemic of 1692-3: Letter from Gabriel aLevy to Manuel Levy Duarte (1692)+; Epitaph of Isaac Senior (1693)+. The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755: An Account of the late dreadful earthquake and fire, which destroyed the city of Lisbon (1756)*; Description of the Lisbon Earthquake, The Adventures of Alphonso, after the destruction of Lisbon, related by himself, in a letter to his brother (1787). Synagogue Life Synagogue Records and Controversies: Minute Book and Hascamoth of Congregations Zur Israel of Recife (1648-53)*+; Miguel de Barrios, Description of the Esnoga in Amsterdam (1683)+; Rev Robert Robertson to his superiors in England, description of the Jewish Community on the Island of Nevis (1724); Land evidence referencing the Jews Synagogue on the main road in Charleston (1749); Separation of the Portuguese Jewish Community and High German Jewish Community (1735)+; Permission to build a Synagogue in St. Eustatius (1737)+; Sefer Torah given to Isaac de la Penha for delivery to St. Eustatius (1738)+; Prince of Orange, Peace edict 'concerning the Portuguese Jewish Nation of Curacao' (1750)+; The 'Battle of the Balcony' at Shearith Israel (1755)+; Funds raised for Rabbi Hayyim Joseph Azuali of Hebron by the Jews of Curacao (1755)+; Jacob Rodriguez Rivera, Moses Levy, Isaac Hart, Deed for the Land of the Newport Synagogue (1760). Sermons and Religious Tracts: Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Nishmat Hayyim (1648)+*; Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Introduction to Herrera's Shaar Hashamayim (1655)+; Samuel Mendes de Sola of Curacao, Triunfo da uniao contra o pernicioso vicio da discordia (1751)+. Prayers, Pray Books & Bibles: Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Prayer commemorating the siege of Recife (1656?)+; Livro dos Miseberagh of Shearith Israel (1759)+*. Communal Boundaries Inquisition Records: Commemoration of the Martyr Francisco Maldonado da Silva of Chile, arrested in 1627 by the Inquisition (1650)+; Inquisition Records: Joan Vicente (1608, 1609, 1626)+*, Diego Mendez (1619)+*, Dona Mencia de Luna (1635)+*, Manuel Bautista Perez (1635)+*, Ana Enriquez (1642-9)+*, Antonia Nunez (1647)+*, Tomas Trevino de Sobremonte (1649)+*; 'Processo de Francisco Carvalho Chaves' (1712)+*; 'Processo de Diogo Jose Ramos' (1720-5)+*; 'Processo de Joao Carlos Morao Pinheiro' (1757)+*; 'Processo de Rosa Margarida' (1720-2)+*. Slavery, Servants, Race, and the Jewish Family: Will of Joseph Ydania (1707); Indenture of Archibald Kennedy and 'his wife' to Jacob Gomez (1716); Ketubah of Jacob, son of Abraham and Miriam Mesiah Pelingrino (1721)+; Ketubah of Jacob Mesiah Peligrino and Rebecca Meatob (1721)+; Will of Jacob Baruh Alvares (1723); Ketubah of Joseph Rodriguez del Prado and Jael Israel da Costa (1725)+; Ketubah of Ishmael Jedau and Hannah (1729)+; Scandal between Ganna, a Jewish Girl, and Jan, an Amerindian Slave (1730-1)+; Sarah, run away from Judah Hays, New-York Gazette (1751). Banishment: Request to banish Salomon de Montel (1749)+; Request to banish Jacob Juda Polak (1756)+. Conversion pamphlet: Judah Monis, The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth (1722)*; Advertisement for A Hebrew Grammar by Judah Monis (1735). Brotherhoods and Freemasons: The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734)*. Politics and the State Census: Jews, from 'A list of the inhabitants in and about the town of St. Michael's' (1680); Jewish Households from the Census of Nevis (1707-8). Naturalization and Citizenship: Grant of Denization of David Raphael de Mercado of Barbados (1661); Grant of Denization of James Gayo and Jeronimo Rodrigues Resio of Barbados (1661); Naturalization of Simon Valentine, Merchant: an alien of the Jewish Nation (1697); Act of Denization from Queen Anne for Luis Gomez (1705); Houses of Parliament, 'Plantation Act of 1740' (1740); James Lucena, Petition to the General Assembly of Colony of Rhode Island Naturalization and Monopoly for Making Castile Soap (1761). Privileges and Rights: Privileges granted by the Directors of the West India Company (Amsterdam) to Joseph Nunes da Fonseca, alias David Nassi and Company (Curacao) (1652); Privileges granted to the Hebrew Nation by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of Suriname (1665)+; Recommendation to encourage Jewish settlement in Jamaica (1672); Order of King in response to Petition by Aaron de Sylva and Isaac Peiriera, and divers other Jews, inhabitants of 'his Majesty's late colony of Surinam' (1676); Petition by the Jewish Community to Lord Philippe Julius Lichtenberg (1669)+; Letter from Sir Thomas Lynch to Secretary Lord Arlington (1671); Rowland Gideon petitions Boston court (1675); Complaints against the Jews (Barbados) (1679); William Dyer, suit against Newport Jews (1685); Houses of Parliament, 'Act for Suppressing Blasphemy' (1697); Fining of soldier Hendrick Hendricks for attending Rosh Hashana Services on a Saturday and subsequent complaint by the Parnassim for violation of Jewish privileges (1715)+; Privileges granted to the Jews of St. Eustatius by the Directors of the West Indian Company (1730)+. Economics and Trade Slavery and the Slave Trade: 'An Act to restrain the Jews from keeping and trading with negroes' (Barbados) (1679); Purchase of slaves by Isaac Pinheiro and Abraham de Mesquita (Nevis) (1669); Epitaph of Emmanuel Pereyra, who died in a slave uprising (1738)+; Epitaph of David Rodrigues Monsanto, who died in a slave uprising (1739)+; Testimony of Esther Francina van Hertsbergen, wife of Jacobus Cordova regarding the Maroon attack on Mayacabo Plantation, November 5, 1751 (1762)+. Piracy: Description of the Jewish militia's defense of Fort Zeelandia under the command of Isaac Pinto during Cassard's attack on Suriname (1712)+; Ransom of Curacao from Jacques Cassard (1713)+; Taxes paid by Jews for the ransom of Curacao from Jacques Cassard (1713). Business Records, Court Cases, & Advertisements: Grant of sole use of sugar mill newly invented by David de Mercado (1663); Description of the Jewish Traders of Curacao (1710); James Lucena, Advertisement for Goods to be Sold, Newport Mercury (1759); Deposition of David Redoch and Frederick Eck about Mr. Moses Mikael and his refusal to pay importation taxes (1718)+; Shipping Records of Aaron Lopez x 3 (1755). Literary Work Autobiography and Biography: Menasseh ben Israel, The Relation of Antonio Montezinos (1650)*; David Aboab, Emeth ve Yahib (1745)+; David Aboab, Sefer hesed ve'emet The mercy and truth. Or, a brief account of the dealings of God with David Aboab, A Native of Venice (1748)+*. Philosophy: Josseph de la Vega, Confusion de confusions (1688)+*. Poetry: Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, "Zecher Asiti Lenifla'oth El: Reminded was I of God's Miracles" (1656)+; Miguel de Barrios, "Arbol de la vida con raices de la Ley" (1683)+*; Daniel Israel Lopez Laguna, Espejo fiel de Vidas (1720)+*; David Franco Mendes, Hebrew poem on epitaph of Rachel, wife of Ishac Haim Senior (1746)+. Jews as Other: Description of Joabim, the Jewish Merchant-Scientist from Sir Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis (1627); Marquis d'Argens' The Jewish Spy, vol. 1 (1739)*. Libraries: Inventory of Manuel Bautista Perez' library (1635)+; Catalogue of the Library of Rabbi Isaac Aboab (1693)+*. Volume 2: 1761-1789 Family Life Letters: Gratz family (1761-4); Lopez family (1767-81); Sheftall family (1788); Levy family (1776). Family Histories: Levi Sheftall, Excerpts from the Sheftall Family Diary (1761-89)*; Seixas Family Register (1760-89). Houses: Bleinheim Plantation: Henriquez, Parera, and Suares families, Land evidence (1763-79)+; David and Phoebe Lazarus House, Notre Dame Street, Land evidence (1767); Rebecca Hays House, Broad Street, Advertisement of Theft (1767); Inventory of the House of Naphtali Hart (1769); List of properties in Senesclasy, Petit Goave, Pajot, Fonds des Negres, and Aquin (1763-79); Inventory of the House of Hiam Levy (1779); Estate Inventory of David Cohen Nassy (1782)+; Estate Inventory of Leah Henriquez (1770)+; Inventory of the House of Myer Polock (1779)+. Food: Meyer Josephson, Request for kosher cheese from London to Michael Gratz (1762); Meyer Josephson, Request for trustworthy shohet to Michael Gratz (1764)+; Meyer Josephson, Gift of kosher deer meat to Michael Gratz (1764)+; Shmuel Robles de Medina, Certification of ritual slaughter (1763)+. Life Cycles Childbirth: Epitaph of Rachel, wife of Jacob Henriquez, who died in childbirth (1766)+; Epitaph of Sarah, wife of Abraham Lopez, who died in childbirth (1767)+. Circumcision: Abraham I Abrahams, Registry of Cases of Circumcision by Abraham I Abrahams in New York (1762-81); Salomon Levy Maduro, "Blessing for Circumcising and Converting Slaves" and "List of Circumcisers in Curacao and Suriname" Sefer Brit Itschak (1767-8)+; Instructions from Abraham Isaac Abrahams to Moses Seixas regarding the proper performance of a circumcision (1772). Education: De Montel, J H de Barrios, et. al., Prospectus for a College of Literature for Evening School (1785)+; David Cohen Nassy, Prospectus for a College of Letters at Jodensavanne (1797)+. Marriage: Samuel Robles de Medina, "Removal of Requirement for Levirate Marriage (halizah)" and "Formula for Ketubot and Divorce" (1763)+; Special Act of the Assembly regarding exceptions to prohibited marriages (1764); Meyer Josephson to Michael Gratz (1766); Ketubah of Philip Minis and Judith Polock (1774)+; Ketubah of Haym Salomon and Rachel Franks (1777)+; Controversy about Uncovered Heads for Married Women (1786)+; Ketubah of Rebecca Eve Hendricks and Solomon Levy (1789)+. Mikveh: Jonas Philips on leaving space for a ritual bath at the new synagogue complex for Mikveh Israel (1782); Manuel Josephson, petition to board of Mikveh Israel to build a mikveh (1784); Shmuel Robles de Medina, specifications for a mikveh (1763)+. Death: Epitaphs: Nathan Levy (1753), Raphael Samuel Mendez de Sola (1761)+, Samuel Gomez Silva (1762)+, Isaac Lopez (1762), Jacob Lopez (1763), Rebecca Polock (1764), Abraham Rodriquez Rivera (1765)+, Moses Lopez (1767)+, Jacob Lopes Torres (1769)+, Sarah Lopes Torres (1787)+, Rebecca, wife of Abraham Aguilar (1771)+, Bella Barrow (1733)+, Sarah Pereira Henriques (1774)+, Rabbi Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carigal (1771)+, Abraham Pardo (1778)+, Benjamin, son of Isaac and Rachel Furtado (1779)+, Ribca, wife of Ishac de Yahacob Hisquiau Lopes Penha (1779)+, Benjamin Massiah (1782)+, Aaron Lopez (1782)+, Hannah de Leon (1783)+, Shabbetai D' Aguilar (1783)+, Rachel, wife of Abraham Vries (1783)+, Rachel Lopez Nidhe (1787)+; Wills: Jacob Lopes Torres (1769), Abraham Pardo (1770), Rabbi Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carigal (1777), Emanuel Perira (1777), Mordecai Sheftall (1778), Sarah Lopes Torres (1787), David De Leon (1789); Death Announcement for Aaron Lopez, (1782); Eulogy for Aaron Lopez (1782); Memorial for Revd Isaac Touro and Epitaph for Mrs Reyna Touro (1784)+. Natural Disasters: St. Eustatius Hurricane of August 31, 1772: Response to the Plea to the Parnassim of Amsterdam for assistance to rebuild the Honen Dalim Synagogue (1772)+; Plea to the Parnassim of New York for assistance to rebuild the Honen Dalim Synagogue (1772); David R Furtado and M de Saul Mendes, Reply from the Parnassim of New York (1773). Barbados Hurricane of October 10, 1780: Description of the Barbados Hurricane from a Letter by Major-General Vaughn (1780); Epitaph of Moses de Piza (1780)+; Epitaph of Ephraim Baruh Lousada (1780)+; Epitaph of Ester Baruh Lousada (1780)+. Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1775-82: Epitaph of Samuel Hart (1773)+. Smallpox Epidemic of 1789: Epitaph of Esther Cohen Nassy (1789)+. Synagogue Life Calendar: Abraham Eleazar Cohen, Hebrew Calendar for the year 5539 (1778-9)+*. Synagogue Records and Controversies: Newport Mercury article announcing the opening of Congregation Jeshuat Israel's synagogue in Newport (1763); Amsterdam Parnassim, Letter of Recommendation for Samuel Cohen of Hebron to travel to the Americas (1778)+; Amsterdam Parnassim, Letter of Recommendation for Rabbi Hayyim Joseph David Azulai of Hebron to the Jewish Communities of Curacao and St. Eustatius (1778)+; Donations to Emissaries from the Holy Land from the Jews of St. Eustatius (1764, 1774, 1778)+; Moses Seixas, Accounts for the Newport Congregation (1784); Minutes, Proposals and By-Laws of Shearith Israel Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal (1770-89); Excerpts of the Revised Hascamoth of the Portuguese Jewish Community (1787)+. Sermons and Religious Tracts: Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal, A Sermon Preached (1773); Reverend Gershom Seixas, Address to the congregation upon his return to New York after the Revolutionary War (1784); Reverend Gershom Seixas, A Religious Discourse (1789). Prayers, Prayer Books & Bibles: Frontmatter and excerpt from Biblia en dos Colunas Hebrayco y Espanol (Amsterdam) produced for Curacaoan Abraham Mendes de Castro (1762)+; Isaac Touro, Thanksgiving Prayer (1765); Isaac Pinto, Selections from Prayers for Sabbath, Rosh-Hashanah and Kippur (1766). Communal Boundaries Inquisition Records: Inquisition Records of Rafael Crijanto Gil Rodriguez (1789)+*. Slavery, Servants, Race, and the Jewish Family: Difference between Yehidim and Congreganten from the Revised Hascamoth of the Portuguese Jewish Community (1787)+; Advertisement for the Capture of thief Mary Dennis (1764); Epitaph of Margaret Rivera (1771); Epitaph of Peter Cranston Jr (1771); Letter, Meyer Josephson on slave troubles to Barnard Gratz (1787)+; Epitaph of David HaCohen Nassy (1787)+. Brotherhoods and Freemasons: Henry Andrew Francken, Patent for Moses Michael Hays (1768); Records of King David's Lodge, No 1, as made by Ara Hildreth*; Pennsylvania Grand Lodge Freemasons, Ahiman rezon abridged and digested (1783)*; Anonymous, Rules of the Jewish men's club (1761). Politics and the State Census: Names and addresses of Jewish residents from MacPherson's Directory for the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia (1785); Jews living in St. Eustatius (1790)+. Naturalization & Citizenship: Oath of Allegiance, Aaron Lopez and Isaac Elizer (1761); Rejection of Petition for naturalization of Aaron Lopez and Isaac Elizer (1761); Moses Michael Hays argues his loyalty to the American cause (1775). French & Indian Wars: Petition of Samuel Jacobs (1762); Deposition of Isaac Levy (1766); Memorial of Isaac Levi, et. al. (1768). Revolutionary War & Politics: John Charles Lucena, Moses Nunes and James Christie, "Petition to the King of England" (1775); Samson and Moses Levy Renounce Allegiance to King George III (1778); Abigail Minis, Petition for certificates in order to receive payment for provisions to the Allied Army (1780); Haym Solomon, "A Jew Broker Replies" (1784); The Capture of Mordecai and Sheftall Sheftall by the British (Savannah)-29 December, 1778: "Capture of Mordecai Sheftall, Deputy Commissary-General of Issues to the continental Troops for the State of Georgia"; Frances Sheftall, Petition to Continental Offices to intercede on behalf of husband and son (1779); Sheftall family papers concerning the wartime service and imprisonment of Mordecai and Sheftall Sheftall (1778-80); Mordecai Sheftall's Sworn Statement of Personal Losses Suffered by Him as Deputy Commissary General of Issues at Time Savannah was Captured (1792); Mordecai Sheftall Petition to Congress for Settlement of Account (1792). British invasion of St. Eustatius and the Seizure and Confiscation of Private Property-1781: Letter from St. Eustatius (1781)*; Petition of the Jews of St. Eustatius to the Commanders in Chief of the his Britannic Majesty's navy and army in the West Indies (1781); Fast at Jodensavanne for the Jewish Community of St. Eustatius, Desolated by the British (1781)*; Lord Edmund Burke, Description of the British Invasion and the suffering of Jewish residents (1781). Economics and Trade Slavery and the Slave Trade: Bill of Sale of Slave Charles from Joseph Holloway of Exeter to Aaron Lopez (1774); "Prayer at the time of revolt of the Negroes, probably in Surinam"+. Piracy: Letter for help in the release of Abraham Punedo and Manuel Taboado from the Spanish (1764)+; Mahamad of Amsterdam asks for reimbursement of ransom from the Parnassim of Curacao (1765)+; Letter from the Amsterdam Parnassim to Curacao, regarding the capture, imprisonment, conversion, and release of Moses Bueno de Mesquita and Eliau Lopez da Fonseca of Curacao in St. Sebastian, Spain in 1751 (1754)+. Stores & Taverns: Petition of Eleazar Levy to the Early of Dartmouth (1774); Naphtali Hart, Jr., Store Inventory, List of Creditors, and Declaration of Bankruptcy (1769); Lots owned by Abigail Minis (1756-68); Notice of License Keep a Tavern in Savannah (1764). Literary Works Jews as Other: Testimony of the Maroon Quakoe against his former mistress Sara de la Parra from 1759 (1770)+; Epitaph of Sara de la Parra (1759)+; Edward Long, complaints against the Jews from the History of Jamaica (1774); Edward Long, a description of the Jews of Spanish Town, Jamaica from the History of Jamaica (1774). Poetry: David Franco Mendes, poem for the epitaph for Hakham Isaac Henriquez Farro (1762)+; Abraham Gabai Isidro, Sefer Yad Avraham (1763)+*; Acrostic poem from epitaph of R R Moses Cohen D D (1762)+; "On the Death of Mr. Aaron Lopez" (1782). Philosophy: Joshua Hezekiah DeCordova, Reason and Faith, or Philosophical Absurdities (1788)*. Libraries: Excerpts from Books owned by David Cohen Nassy (1782)+. Volume 3: 1790-1816 Family Life Letters: Gratz family (1806-15); Hays family (1798); Moses family (1798); Seixas family (1813-15). Family Histories: Seixas Family Register (1790-1816). Houses (Inventories, Deeds, Descriptions): Land Evidence record between Sarah Lopez and Hannah Rivera (1796); Land Evidence record between Sarah Lopez and Hannah Rivera (1797); Land Evidence record between Sarah Lopez and Hannah Rivera (1800). Life Cycles Childbirth: Epitaph of Rachel, wife of Jacob Hayim del Castilho (1793)+; Obituary of Rachel del Castilho (1793). Circumcision: Moses Lopez, B'rakhot ha-Mila (1794)+*. Education: Sampson Simson, Address Delivered in Hebrew at the Columbia College commencement (1800)+. Marriage: Marriage Contract of Abraham Mendes Belisario and Esther Lindo (1791); Ketubah of Isaac de la Motta and Sarah Canter (1796)+; Marriage Contract of Judith Hays and Samuel Myers (1796); "Marriages of kindred allowed by Jewish religion," The Public Laws of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations (1798); Prenuptial Agreement of Isaac Minis (1804); Governor Bonham, Edict abolishing of the demotion of Portuguese congregants upon marring an Ashkenazi woman (1814). Death: Epitaphs: David de Leon (1793)+, Manuel and Rachel Josephson (1796, 1797)+, Hakham Joshua Hezekiah de Cordova (1797)+, Samuel Robles de Medina (1797)+, Mordecai Sheftall (1797)+, Abraham Minis (1801)+, Simon Barrow (1801)+, Moses Michael Hays (1805)+, Abraham, son of David and Abigail Alberga (1805), Daniel, son of Mordecai Fernandes (1809)+, David Lopez (1811)+, Sampson Simons (1811), Eliza Cohen (1811), Michael Gratz (1811); Wills: Abigail Minis (1794), Alexander Lindo (1811). Natural Disasters: Epitaph of Walter J Judah (1798)+. Synagogue Life Calendar: Moses Lopez, American Jewish Calendar (1806)*. Synagogue Records and Controversies: Hascamoth of Congregation Mikve Israel, 1750-1810 (1810)+; Financial Report of the Jewish Community of St. Eustatius to Commissioners Grovestins and Boey to the Prince of Orange-Nassau (1790)+*; Letter from Manuel Josephson Moses Seixas of Newport regarding dilemmas posed by shifting practices in synagogue observance (1790)+; Letter from Bernard Gratz and Manuel Josephson of Philadelphia to the Jews of Surinam (1790)+; Constitution, Bylaws and Charter from the Jewish congregation of New York (1790)+; Constitution, Bylaws and Charter from the Jewish congregation of Savannah (1790); St Thomas Synagogue Protocols (1796); St Thomas Synagogue Protocols (1803); Pledges made by members of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, from the Book of Offerings (1811, 1813, 1814). Sermons and Religious Tracts: Gershom Seixas, A Discourse Delivered (1798); Myer Moses, An Oration, Delivered before the Hebrew Orphan Society, on the 15th Day of October, 1806 (1807). Communal Boundaries New Christians: Excerpt of Will of John Charles Lucena (1813). Brotherhood: Moses Seixas, Warden of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island to George Washington (1790); George Washington to Moses Seixas, Warden of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island (1790). Slavery, Servants, Race, and the Jewish Family: Manumissions of Alexandre Lindo (1791); Hascamoth, Tract 25: Honors Reserved for Community Regents (1787)+; Mahamad to Reuben Mendez Meza (1790)+; Reuben Mendez Meza to Mahamad (1790)+; Memorandum of the colored Jews to Governor De Frederici (1793)+; Letter of the Portuguese Regents to Governor De Frederici (1794); Epitaph of Phillis Rivera, servant of Jacob Rodriguez Rivera (1791); Demotion of David Abraham de Vries for his marriage to coloured congregant Marianna Levij (1796)+; David Abraham de Vries, Plea to the Governor to overturn his demotion (1796)+; Epitaph of Frederick Baruh Louzada (1816). Politics and the State Revolutionary War: Sheftall family petitions Georgia Assembly and United States Congress regarding Mordecai Sheftall's service as chief commissary officer for Georgia militia (1802). Privileges & Rights: Petition of Levy Solomons and Response of John Elmsley, chief Justice of Upper Canada (1798); Petition of Moses David and Land Board Decision (1800); Controversy surrounding the election of Ezekiel Hart to the Legislative Assembly (1808)+; Royal Decree granting of Civil Equality to the Jews of Denmark and the Danish West Indies (1814)+. Economics and Trade Slavery and the Slave Trade: Reward for the Runaway Slaves Anthony, Pender, Ber, and Abraham, The Daily Advertiser (1793); Advertisement for sale of slaves and request for slave who can work as a blacksmith, The Daily Advertiser (1793); Advertisement for captured "Negroes" Betty and Cudjo, The Daily Advertiser (1793); Advertisement for sale of "Four Valuable Slaves", The Daily Advertiser (1803); "An Act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States" (1807); "Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" (1807). Business Records, Court Cases, & Advertisements: Theodore Hart to Ezekiel Hart (1810); Theodore Hart to Louis Foy (1810). Literary Works Jews as Other: Susanna Rowson, Slaves in Algiers (1794)*; Description of Sheva (the Jew) from Richard Cumberland's The Jew. A Comedy (1795)*; Portrait of Adonah Ben Benjamin from Royall Tyler's The Algerine Captive: or the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill (1795)*; Descriptions of Jews from John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative, of a five years' expedition against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America (1795)*; Views on Jews from Peter Markoe's The Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania (1797)*. Poetry: Poem from the epitaph of Abraham Fernandes (1804)+. Philosophy: Elijah Gratz Etting, Elements of Moral Philosophy (1811); Moses Hart, Modern Religion (1816)*. Publishers: List of Books Published by Benjamin Gomez, bookseller and stationer; Advertisements for Benjamin Gomez, bookseller and stationer, No. 97 Maiden-Lane (1791-1806). Volume 4: 1817-1826 Family Life Letters: Hays family (1813-26); Gratz family (1819-26); Lopez family (1822). Family Histories: Sarah Lopez to Priscilla Lopez, "Genealogy of the Lopez Family" (1822-30); Isaac Gomez, Jr. (1826); Moses Lopez Penha, Lopez Penha Family Chronicle (1826)+. Houses: Colonial Minister, Plantations and gardens belonging to Jews (1817)+*; Land evidence (1820-4)+; House Inventory: "Indenture between Moses Myers and Lamb & Co. Trust" (1820); Myers Family Household Accounts (1824-6). Conflict regarding the abilities of Jacob Lippman (1822). Food: Life Cycles Education: Summary of Isaac Harby's Academy Cashbook (1819-20); Isaac Gomez, Jr., Selections of a Father for the Use of his Children (1820). Conversion: Certificate of Conversion of Jacob Bar Abraham Abinu (1819)+; Conversion of Joseph Alvares Correa