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Letter from Acre to His Father: Second Part
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And praised be the Lord—the Sabbath came and rest came, on Friday night at five in the evening, the strong wind calmed a bit, and we sailed well on Friday, Saturday, Sunday; and on Monday, we saw…

Contributor:

Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti

Places:

Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Travel, Plague, Israel-Diaspora relations, Mysticism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Letters
Miqveh Israel, esto es Esperança de Israel (The Hope of Israel)
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In the 18th of the Month of Elul: the 5404 year from the Worlds creation, and according to common compute, in 1644. Aaron Levi, otherwise called Antonius Montezinus c…

Contributor:

Menasseh Ben Israel

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1652

Subjects:

Travel, Colonialism, Migration, Israel/Israelis, Mysticism, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage