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Jewish life in America c1654-1954 sources from the American Jewish Historical Society, New York

Title
Jewish life in America c1654-1954 [electronic resource] : sources from the American Jewish Historical Society, New York.
Published
Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital ; [Chicago, Ill.] : Adam Matthew Education [North American distributor], c2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Notes
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Includes material by or about the following people: Aaron Lopez Gomez (d. 1860); Barnard Gratz (1738-1801); Baron Maurice de Hirsch (1831-1896); Benjamin Gratz (1792-1884); Bernard C. Ehrenreich (1876-1955); Bernard Felsenthal (1822-1908); Emma Lazarus (1849-1887); Haym Salomon (1740-1785); Isaac Leeser (1806-1868); Isaac Moses (1742-1818); Jefferson Monroe Levy (1852-1924); Jonas Phillips Levy (1807-1883); Joseph B. Nones (1797-1887); Lucien Moss (1831-1895); Marion E. Kenworthy (1891-1980); Michael Gratz (1740-1811); Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869); Simon Gratz Moses (1813-1897); Solomon Moses (1774-1857)
Includes the records of the following organisations: Baron de Hirsch Fund; Industrial Removal Office; Board of Delegates of American Israelites; Jewish Immigrants' Information Bureau (Galveston, Tex.); American Jewish Historical Exhibition Committee.
American Jewish Historical Society
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Summary
Jewish life in America c1654-1954 explores the history of Jewish communities in America from the arrival of the first Jews in the 17th century right through to the mid-20th century. All of the typescript and printed material is full-text searchable. The resource also contains supplementary resources; these include a chronology, interactive maps, scholarly essays, a selection of American Jewish Year Book articles, a visual resources gallery, biographies and links to other useful websites.
Variant and related titles
Jewish life in America c1654-1954.
Format
Databases / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 14, 2012
Series
Jewish life in America c1654-1954 : sources from the American Jewish Historical Society, New York
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American Jewish Historical Society.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Adam Matthew Education (Firm)
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