Bericht uber die Bildung der Ersten Niederlassung Russischer Juden ...zu Catahoula Parish, Louisiana...

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Lot 20

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Bericht uber die Bildung der Ersten Niederlassung Russischer Juden ...zu Catahoula Parish, Louisiana...

pp.16. Original printed wrappers. Upper right corner of front wrapper chipped. 8vo cf. Singerman 3086 (English translation)

FRANKFURT a/ MAIN: L. Bronner 1882

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,100

In 1882, the Hebrew Foreign Mission Society of New Orlean, in conjunction with the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society, sponsored an agricultural colony of Russian Jews at Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish. The project was aborted, however, when the Mississippi River overflowed flooding the entire area