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(Two British Parliamentary Acts).

Auction 76 · Lot 35

(Two British Parliamentary Acts).

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Description

written on postcards in Hebrew, each by a different American Orthodox Rabbi and sent to the organization “Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America and Canada,” each written in opposition to reforms to Jewish marriage laws proposed by the Conservative Movements’ Rabbinical Alliance. Together, two Acts.

summary

First Emancipation Act for the Jews of America. This 1739 Act, admitting Jews to naturalization in the Colonies after seven years of residence is a landmark in the history of Jewish emancipation. The 1747 was an extension of the Act and benefitted other Foreign Protestants
Unbound. Folio.
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