Oration Delivered over the Remains of Aaron De Cordova, Esq. By the Revd. A. H. Delevante, Minister of the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

M. de Cordova & Co

Kingston, Jamaica

1866

Text in English with some Hebrew.

Brother of the celebrated Jacob DeCordova, Aaron DeCordova (1804-1866) was a wealthy Kingston merchant who was elected to the first board of directors of the Hebrew National School in Kingston, Jamaica (see Occident, Vol. V, No. 4, July 1847). Rev. A. H. Delevante was appointed as the minister in the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in 1852. He was a correspondent of Rev. Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia and kept him informed of events in Jamaica affecting the Jewish community there. A most scarce pamphlet. Issued by the Gleaner Office for private circulation only. Worldcat records just one copy , located in the National Library of Jamaica.