Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society. Bericht des Prasidenten und Schatzmeisters fuer das Jahre 1882.

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(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society. Bericht des Prasidenten und Schatzmeisters fuer das Jahre 1882.

Folding page of accounts at end. pp. 17, (2). Original printed wrappers. 8vo.

New York: 1883

Est: $500 - $700

The Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society was established in 1881 to provide immediate shelter for immigrants newly arrived to America. Alongside short-term assistance, the Society also helped immigrants find employment in New York and New Jersey and established agricultural colonies in other states to provide land on which they could settle. Later the Society modified its name to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society - universally known today as HIAS.