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Judgment of Mayor's Court - NYC...12/4/1728, regarding assault on Isaac Levy by Francis Silvester "at the dock"..."did then and there beat, wound and evilly entreat so that of his life it was greatly despaired and other harm...against the peace...to the damage of the said Isaac 19 (Pounds Sterling) thereof bring this Suit". Isaac Levy won his legal action as it is docketed "Judgement Entered". This is possibly one of the earliest Civil Assault suits brought & won by a Jew in the Colonies. This is most likely the Isaac Levy, born in NYC (early 18th Century). He was a Merchant & Trader, remaining in NYC until 1752..leaving for London. He was naturalized under the act of 1740. In London he was an associate of David and Moses Franks...he was a successful merchant. He invested in Georgia land and by 1755 left for America (Philadelphia) to develop his investment...it was a disaster. He was last heard of in Boston in1769. Info found on Silvester...As a witness in the Negro Conspiracy Trial in 1741, Francis Silvester called and sworn for the king. He said, "that when John Hughson lived next door to him upon the dock, he kept a very disorderly house, and sold liquor to, and entertained negroes there; he had often seen many of them there at a time, at nights as well as in the daytime:

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Arc.MS.56, Box 20, Folder 13