Newspaper clipping from the Daily Evening Transcript, published in Boston, Massachusetts on October 6, 1834. The clipping discusses Senators Clay and Calhoun's refusal to accept a Thomas Jefferson statue offered as a gift by Uriah P. Levy, and includes a description of a Jewish funeral.
Subject: Jewish Funerals
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Printed invitation, in French, to the interment of Mr. Levy Solomons in Montreal, Quebec, on May 18, 1792. Addressed to Pierre Guy, Esq. This is considered the earliest extant formal invitation to a Jewish interment in North America. Levy Solomons (b. England 1730- d. Montreal 1792) was a merchant, fur trader, and co-founder (1768) of the Shearith Congregation in Montreal. The document measures 7" x 9".