Nile’s Weekly Register. Third Series. Vol. V, No. 5.
AUCTION 35 |
Tuesday, November 21st,
2006 at 1:00
Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 8
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Nile’s Weekly Register. Third Series. Vol. V, No. 5.
Baltimore: William Ogden Niles 1825
Est: $400 - $600
On p. 69, a scathing denunciation of Mordecai Manuel Noah and his recently proposed project of “Ararat” - i.e. Grand Island on the Niagara River, near Buffalo, New York, which was to serve as an asylum for the Jews.
In H. Niles’ jaundiced version of events, “Ararat” is just one more example of a Jew seeking out to cheat his fellow Jew by land speculation. Furthermore, Niles perceives Noah as suffering from delusions of grandeur, next expecting Noah to proclaim himself as the Messiah. For a more factual presentation of the entire Ararat affair, see EJ, Vol. XII cols. 1198-9.