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Esther Oppenheim
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(New York City, United States of America)
Date:
1730 and 1818
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In the Name of God Amen I Simja de Tores latte of Jamaica Widow being indisposed, and weak in body but of sound mind and memorey and knowin the Certenty of death and the Uncertanity of Its Approch doe…
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Simja de Torres
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1746
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Dear HeartSey
I have Severall of yours bearing Variety of Dates as well as Subiect, In Wich I have had Vast deall of Delight relating to Some matters, Especialy that wich Concerns Your Self. Nothing…
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Gerardus Duyckinck I, Abigaill Levy Franks
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1743
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Myer Myers
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(New York City, United States of America)
(United)
Date:
1770
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Judah Monis
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Cambridge, British America and the British West Indies
(Cambridge, United States of America)
Date:
1735
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The Twentieth day of may in the yeare one Thousand and Seven hundred & Eight I Esther Browne of New York widdow Being Sick in Body, Butt of good and Perfect Memory, Thancks be to almighty god and…
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Esther Browne
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New York City, British America and the British West Indies
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1708
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Nathan Levy
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies
(Philadelphia, United States of America)
(United)
Date:
1753
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Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…
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Myer Myers
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies
(Philadelphia, United States of America)
Date:
1776
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Peter Harrison
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(Newport, United States of America)
Date:
1763
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This day [December 29, 1778] the British troops, consisting of about 3,500 men, including two battalions of Hessians under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell of the Seventy-first…
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Mordecai Sheftall
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(Savannah, United States of America)
Date:
ca. 1778–1779