The London Chronicle [periodical]. 6th-8th May, 1773

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

London

1773

Issue Number 2560. Concerns a fine levied upon Jews (see below)

“By letters from Cairo we learn that Ali Bey has just given a proof of his proficiency in the art of financeering...he has obliged the Jews to pay a considerbale sum, one-half of which he told them was in part of interest and indemnification...of the great sums their ancestors borrowed and feloniously carried off from the ancient Egyptians...”