(ANGLO-JUDAICA). (WEBB, PHILIP CARTERET).

for J. Roberts

London

1753

The Question Whether a Jew born within the British Dominions, was, before the making the late Act of Parliament, a Person capable, by Law, to purchase and hold Lands to him, and his Heirs, Fairly Stated and Considered. * With: Appendix Containing Copies of Public Records Relating to the Jews

Roth, Magna A4 no. 96

The Act in question was the Jewish Naturalization Bill of 1753, giving foreign-born Jews facilities for acquiring the privileges enjoyed by their native-born children. Webb was the principle Attorney to the Bevis Marks Community. See R.D. Barnett, Anglo-Jewry in the Eighteenth Century, in: V.D. Lipman, Three Centuries of Anglo-Jewish History (1961) pp.48-9; Hyamson pp. 127-28