Subject: Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.

Pamphlet detailing the First Emancipation Act for Jews in America, published in London by John Baskett in 1739. This British Parliamentary Act (13 George II, c. 7) aimed to encourage foreign settlement in the American colonies by offering naturalization. It included special provisions for Jews, requiring a Protestant communion and oath, despite aiming for broader inclusion. The pamphlet includes the seal of King George II, an historiated initial, and is housed in a linen folder. The Act is significant for representing early steps toward Jewish social emancipation in America, though it differed from policies towards Jews in England itself. The pamphlet measures Folio and consists of ff.(4). pp. 167-171. Disbound.

Newspaper clipping from the *Christian Witness*, published in Boston, Massachusetts on September 23, 1836. The clipping contains a short article about the Jew Bill in the London Parliament, referred to as the "Jewish Disabilities Bill." It also includes an article about a plague in Smyrna, noting that only 200 out of 2000 Jews survived.

This archival record consists of four images of a court document detailing a suit between Moses Herz and Mayer & Simon Sternberger in New York City. The document is dated December 19, 1884. The images show various pages of the legal document, including what appears to be the header information (Names of the parties involved, court details), and the body of the document which shows details of the lawsuit. The specifics of the case are not legible in the provided images.

Legal document signed twice by Israel Fielder in Baltimore, Maryland, dated December 4, 1825. The document predates the passage of the Maryland Jew's Bill, suggesting Fielder was a practicing Jew.

Pamphlet detailing the return of copies of Acts of the Parliaments of Canada and Jamaica, which removed civil disabilities for Jews. Includes copies of correspondence between 1827 and 1830 regarding these Acts in Jamaica. The document, issued by the House of Commons, lists all correspondence and laws related to the removal of the final impediments preventing Jamaican Jews from achieving full equality (such as holding public office or owning property). Dated April 12, 1850.