(British Parliamentary Act). An Act for Naturalizing such Foreign Protestants and Others therein Mentioned, as are Settled or Shall Settle in Any of His Majesty’s Colonies in America

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $3,250

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author

(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

John Baskett

Place

London

Publication

1739

references

13 George II, c.7

summary

This Act, admitting Jews to naturalization in the Colonies after seven years of residence, is a landmark in the history of Jewish emancipation. It enabled the Jews to omit the words “upon the true faith of a Christian from the Lation Oath of Abjuration. It is interesting to follow the markedly differing policies pursued by the British Crown regarding Jewish subjects residing in England and those in America

ff.(4). Disbound. 4to

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