Second edition of Lewis Goldsmith's 'An Exposition of the Conduct of France Towards America: illustrated by cases decided in the council of prizes in Paris.' Published by Printed for Ezra Sargeant in New York in 1810. The first edition was published in London in 1810. Goldsmith, a well-known Anglo-French publicist of Portuguese Jewish extraction (1763-1846), examines French actions toward America using case law from French prize courts.
Subject: Franco-American Relations
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A single-page letter written by Judah Hays on June 30, 1797, in Boston, Massachusetts. The letter is addressed to a Captain, likely of the schooner Boston, which was unlawfully detained in a French port. Hays discusses the unlawful detainment and the infringement of rights. This letter is significant due to its creation during a period of heightened naval tensions between the United States and France.
Power of attorney authorizing Citizen Joseph Lopes Dias, a resident of New York City, to represent the interests of Rachel nee Mendes Soria and her husband, Aaron Soria, in France regarding the inheritance of Rachel's deceased uncle, Jacob Mendes Veiega, in Bordeaux. The document, dated July 1, 1801, is written in brown ink on official stationery of the French Consulate, "Commissariat de New York, et New Jersey." The stationery features a masthead depicting the French Republic. The document consists of four pages measuring 7 3/8" x 12 1/4". Aaron Soria and his wife are listed in New York City in 1800, with a son born there in 1798. This document highlights early transatlantic family connections between French and American Jews under the French Revolutionary government.