To the Hebrew Congregations of the United States.
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Link Singerman ID: supp1585
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Year: 1859
Entry: To the Hebrew Congregations of the United States. [New York, 1859]. folded leaf.
Location: New York, NY
Holdings: None
Title: To the Hebrew Congregations of the United States.
Printer/Publisher: None
Language: English
Notes: English and German text. The trustees of several Jewish congregations in New York convened on June 16, 1859, and authorized a committee to draft a plan for organizing a national Board of Representatives to defend Jewish interests. The new Jewish defense organization, prompted, in part, by the Mortara affair (1858), is the Board of Delegates of American Israelites, in existence from 1859 to 1878. See Raynors’ Limited Edition Historical Collectible Auctions ... Thursday, March 14, 2002), lot 246 (facsimile).