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Subject: Synagogues -- England

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Letter from Naphtali Hart Myers to Thomas Oliver, 1761Letter from Naphtali Hart Myers to Thomas Oliver, 1761

A letter written on November 25, 1761, from Naphtali Hart Myers to Thomas Oliver, Director of Musick for the 46th Regiment. The letter focuses on collecting a debt before the Regiment's departure from America. Additional biographical information notes that Myers was President of Sherith Israel in 1756, returned to London in 1771 to lead the Great Synagogue, and initiated efforts to expel Jewish criminals from England.