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| 2051 | Rabbi | Rosenfeld, Reverend Jacob (I3)
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| 2052 | Rachel Myers was the 6th of 7 children. Her eldest brother was Myer Myers (1723-1795) who became one of America's most prominent silversmiths. | Myers, Rachel (I610)
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| 2053 | Radio Station WPCH - 810 AM, Hoboken The origins of this station date back to July 15, 1924 when it signed on as WFBH, owned by the Concourse Radio Corp., on 1100 AM, sharing time with New York stations WRW and WEBJ. Studios were located on the ground floor of the Hotel Majestic at Central Park West and 72nd St, with the transmitter on the roof of the hotel. A typical day's schedule consisted mostly of "potted palm music," including occasional recitals by the Majestic String Ensemble. One program that got the station in trouble was "Health Talk," which was sponsored by the House of Health organization, operated by Dr. Leonard Lincoln Landis. However, it was not sanctioned by the New York Medical Society or the Hotel Majestic. It got to the point that the hotel would shut down the station's power when the show was scheduled to be on. After many court battles, the station was able to stay on, however, by the autumn of 1926, WFBH was sold to George F. George (the professional name of clothier George Sultzbach) d/b/a the Peoples Broadcasting Co. and was renamed WPCH on November 6, 1926. | Sultzbach, George F (I5258)
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| 2054 | Ral | Mordecai, George Washington (I842)
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| 2055 | Raleigh East Ward, Wake, North Carolina | Mordecai, Ellen (I853)
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| 2056 | Raleigh East Ward, Wake, North Carolina | Mordecai, George Washington (I842)
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| 2057 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Frohsin, Ralph Jr. (I5996)
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| 2058 | Ralph Loeb died 2/6/1945,widow Rebecca Hagedorn Loeb; son Ralph Loeb, Jr.; daughters, Marjorie Loeb Batlan, Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Loeb, Montgomery, Alabama, and Mrs. Joseph Frohsin, Baltimore, Maryland. | Loeb, Ralph (I4524)
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| 2059 | Real Estate Agent | Milligan, George Baldwin (I2404)
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| 2060 | Real Estate agent | Alexander, Joseph Albert (I2291)
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| 2061 | Real-Estate Agent | Moses, Judah Touro (I246)
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| 2062 | Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869) achieved renown as founder and officer of social and educational institutions managed by women. These organizations served as a model for others. They are the source of schools and social agencies in existence today. A bronze plaque in appreciation of her communal activities can be found at the cemetery. The leading American Jewish woman of the nineteenth century, Rebecca Gratz founded several organizations that poignantly defined American Jewish public life for years to come and helped move women to the center of that life. The daughter of Miriam Simon and Michael Gratz , Rebecca grew up in Philadelphia surrounded by older and younger siblings, among them Frances and Benjamin . Her mother instilled in Rebecca a sense of charitable duty, and the two of them were among the founders of the Female Association for Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, an organization that provided assistance to women whose families had suffered economic losses during the Revolution and one of the first female societies in the country. She would serve as secretary for over forty years. Though Rebecca never married, she was surrounded by her numerous nieces and nephews, perhaps the source of her profound love for and interest in children. In 1815 she helped found the Philadelphia Orphans Asylum. In the wake of her sister Sarah's death in 1817, Rebecca increased her engagement with Judaism and the Jewish community. At Mikveh Israel she founded the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society. The organization offered financial assistance to Jewish women in need, especially among European immigrants, arriving in increasing numbers. It would serve as a template for Jewish charitable organizations in other communities. Gratz also organized and founded a Sunday school at Mikveh Israel. Based on the pedagogy of Isaac Leeser , this marked the start of the Jewish Sunday school movement. In addition to her numerous accomplishments, Gratz was known to be one of Philadelphia's great beauties. It has often been repeated that Rebecca served as the model for the character bearing the same name in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Anne Joseph: PORTRAIT IN SCRAPBOOK ------------------------ The Edward Greene Malbone miniature of Rebecca Gratz is reported upon by Hannah London in her 1926 book Portrait of Jews. At that time it was owned by Miss Rachel Gratz Nathan of New York. The Thomas Sully portrait was also reported upon in the same book, and at that time was owned by Henry Joseph of Montreal. And the Anna Claypool Peale miniature was at that time owned by Mrs. Andrew Van Pelt, of Radnor, Pennsylvania. ------------------------ The Thomas Sully portrait, 25 by 30 inches, was painted in 1831. It became the property of Rebecca's niece and adoptive daughter, Sarah Gratz (Moses) Joseph, who married Jacob Henry Joseph in 1848, and who proudly displayed the portrait in their Montreal home, Dorchester House. Their son, Henry, inherited the portait. Hannah London, in Portraits of Jews, writes of this painting: "The brilliant youth of Rebecca Gratz, so charmingly portrayed in the Malbone miniatures, was fulfilled in a life devoted to charity and philanthropy, and in Mr. Joseph's large painting of her by Sully, much of this loveliness of character finds expression. She has an olive complexion, brilliant colour, soft dark brown eyes and black hair. Over her claret-coloured dress she wears a white lace drape and a pale yellow mantle lined with white fur. That this was a faithful representation of the subject is confirmed by John Sartain in his 'Reminiscences of a very Old man' in which he tells of a visit to Miss Gratz in her later life. 'Her eyes struck me as piercingly dark, yet of mild expression, in a face tenderly pale. The portrait Sully painted o her must have been a remarkable likelness, that so many years after I should recognize her instantly by remembrance of it'." The miniature of Rebecca Gratz by Edward Greene Malbone in 1804 was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in the Spring of 1927, and in the National Gallelry of Art in 1929, lent by the late Miss Rachel Gratz Nathan. By 1953, it was owned by Mrs. Carrie M. Serra, i.e. Caroline (Joseph) Serra, daughter of Jacob Henry and Sarah (Moses) Joseph. Carrie Serra died, childless, on 23 May 1955. Edward Greene Malbone met the Gratz sisters through Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogden Hoffman of New York, at whose home the Gratz girls were frequent visitors. Here they became acquainted with many members of the brilliant circle which gave New York literary distinction in the early years of the nineteenth century - William Cullen Bryant, James Fenimore Cooper, John Inman, brother of Henry Inman, the artist, Henry Tuckerman, and Washingrton Irving. The latter was engaged to the Hoffmans' daughter, Matilda, to whom Rebecca was devotedly attached, and whom she nursed during her fatal illness. Ever afterward, a beautiful friendship existed between Irving and Rebecca Gratz, and when he spoke of her subsequently to Walter Scott, the latter was so impressed by the beauty of her character that he immortalized his friend's friend in his conception of Rebecca in 'Ivanhoe'. The miniature by Anna Claypool Peale had been owned by Mrs. Joseph Drexel (Lucy Wharton) of Pennrynn, Pennsylvania, who bequeathed it to her granddaughter, Mrs. Andrew Van Pelt of Radnor, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Van Pelt owned it in 1953. Source: Hannah R. London ------------------------ Although she was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Rebecca Gratz was a lifelong Philadelphian. While her mother delivered Rebecca, her 7th child, among her own family in Lancaster, her father remained in Philadelphia - building ships, running the British blockades, and privateering for the new country, often in partnership with men who had signed the Declaration of Independence only a few years earlier. As the nation developed into maturity, so did the Gratz family. The honour and acclaim accorded to Rebecca in her own time continues to this day. The beauty of her face and qualities, described by Washington Irving to his friend, Sir Walter Scott, suggested the character of "Rebecca" in "Ivanhoe". She combined in her own person all the characteristics of the Biblical "Virtuous Woman". She devoted her life to good works. She founded and conducted organizations of benevolence and of Jewish Education, which still function. She possess not only a kind and loving heart and tireless energy, but marked powers of organization, and a vigorous intellect as well. Source: The Jewish Cemetery, by Leon H. Elmaleh (1962) | Gratz, Rebecca (I1839)
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| 2063 | Recieved via email. Connected by Harvey Krueger. eMail to David M. Kleiman 6 Aug 2010 David Hi - Harvey Krueger asked me to find a way to send an electronic version of our family tree to you, and though I'm still looking to scan a better quality version and send it, I took a photo (!) of it and am attaching it, just as a first step. (Our family came to America around 1735 or so, you may be familiar with the name Seixas…. I'm there near the bottom, with the English given name Eric.) Nice to 'meet' you, if only electronically; I'd be delighted to be further in touch. In any case will send you a better electronic version when I have it. All the best - Aryeh Green ============ Aryeh Green, Director MediaCentral [email protected] 02-623-2344 054-648-2344 8 HaRav Kook St., Jerusalem www.m-central.org | Source (S59)
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| 2064 | Recieved via email. Connected by Harvey Krueger. eMail to David M. Kleiman 6 Aug 2010 David Hi - Harvey Krueger asked me to find a way to send an electronic version of our family tree to you, and though I'm still looking to scan a better quality version and send it, I took a photo (!) of it and am attaching it, just as a first step. (Our family came to America around 1735 or so, you may be familiar with the name Seixas…. I'm there near the bottom, with the English given name Eric.) Nice to 'meet' you, if only electronically; I'd be delighted to be further in touch. In any case will send you a better electronic version when I have it. All the best - Aryeh Green ============ Aryeh Green, Director MediaCentral [email protected] 02-623-2344 054-648-2344 8 HaRav Kook St., Jerusalem www.m-central.org | Source (S634)
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| 2065 | Regt. Comdr. Did not take monthly exercise; excused by order of Bgde. Comdr. | Moses, Colonel Franklin J. T. USMC (I2888)
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| 2066 | Republican Manhattan Borough President (1942-1945) Justice of the NY State Supreme Court (1st District) (1948-1961) | Nathan, Edgar Joshua Jr. (I1162)
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| 2067 | Republican | Marcus, Louis (I9780)
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| 2068 | Republican. Lawyer ; member of New York state assembly from Kings County 1st District, 1900-03; trustee, Brooklyn Savings Bank; member advisory committee, Bank of America. Episcopalian . Member, Psi Upsilon. ============== "a lawyer, is the author of 'Early American Painters' and 'A Sketch of the Life of Gilbert Stuart." | Morgan, John Hill of Brooklyn (I11198)
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| 2069 | residence and place of death | Seixas, Zipporah (I11165)
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| 2070 | Retail dry goods & groceries | Weil, Josiah (I8966)
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| 2071 | Retail dry goods & groceries | Abraham, Jacob (I8969)
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| 2072 | Retail Store manager | Winkelman, Harry (I5174)
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| 2073 | retired | Alexander, Jacob Clarence (I2294)
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| 2074 | Retired Furrier | Simmonds, Mathilda (I2564)
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| 2075 | Retired Furrier | Levy, Jacob Daniel (I2563)
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| 2076 | Retired Merchant | Seixas, Theodore J. (I4380)
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| 2077 | Retired merchant | Alexander, Aaron (I675)
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| 2078 | Retired Merchant | Seixas, Theodore J. (I4380)
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| 2079 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Duret, Raphael (I5090)
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| 2080 | Reuben Etting (1762-1848), who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army at 19 years of age, suffered capture by the British at the surrender of Charleston. He was commissioned a captain of the Independent Blues in 1798 and was later appointed a United States Marshal for the State of Maryland by President Thomas Jefferson. The miniatures of Reuben Etting and his wife Frances (Gratz) Etting were both painted by James Peale in 1794. In 1886 Mr. Frank Marx Etting donated them to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. They were still there in 1953. Reuben Etting's miniature represents him with gray hair, possibly a wig. He has a most pleasing face; especially noticeable are his gray eyes, his well-shaped nose, mouth and chin. He wears a plum-coloured coat, a white ruff and vest. The miniature is set in a thin gold frame and is signed and dated by the artist. Frances Gratz Etting's miniature is also set in a thin gold frame and is also signed and dated by the artist. Mrs. Etting was not as conventionally beautiful as her sister, Rebecca and Rachel, but her small face, with its dark eyes and aquiline nose, reflects an interesting personality. Her dark brown hair, entwined by a string of pearls, falls in a lock over the shoulder down to her low-cut purple bodice, ruffled in sheer white. The miniatures were exhibited in the Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887. The introductory note of the catalogue of this exhibition is worthy of mention. It was written by Charles Henry Hart, an art critic of Jewish faith, and among the first literary men in the States to grasp the historical significance of American portraiture. He wrote: "Collections of this kind are not only entertaining but instructive. They are historically valuable in making us acquainted with the appearance and personal influence of the men and women of past generations, and they are artistically valuable in showing to students in the broadest sense of the word the method of pose, composition, and techniques of our foremost portrait painters". The Etting miniatures were also included in the Tenth Annual Exhibition of Minniatures in 1911 at the Pennsylvania Academy. In 1843, the artist Augustin Edouart did a silhouette of Reuben Etting, kindly looking and resigned to the infirmity of old age. In 1941 was owned by Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson of London. Reuben Etting was born in York, Pennsylvania, in 1762, the son of Elijah and Shinah (Solomon) Etting. A well-known brother was Solomon Etting. In 1798 Reuben was commissioned Captain of the "Baltimore Independent Blues". In 1801 Thomas Jefferson appointed him United States Marshal for Maryland. He died June 3, 1848. Source: London, Hannah R. - Shades of my Forefathers. 1941. ------------------------ According to Congregation records, Reuben Etting was 86 at the time of death of 5 June 1848, which means that his date of birth was sometime between 6 June 1761 and 5 June 1762. Dianne Ashton gives the year of his birth as 1760. The index for Vol 7 of The Occident, dated April 1849, includes under the Obituaries heading "Reuben and Gratz Etting". Further details are not yet accessible. ------------------------ Reuben Etting was a well known citizen of Baltimore. At the age of 19 he enlisted in the army in Maryland. He fought in various battles, and was taken prisoner by the British at the surrender of Charleston. In 1798 he became Captain of the Independent Blues. He was appointed United States Marshal for the State of Maryland by President Jefferson. On 4 Sept 1804, a child of Reuben Etting was buried at the Mikveh Israel cemetery. No name is recorded, but this child (?stillborn) was buried in Row 3, No. 2. Source: The Jewish Cemetery, by Leon H. Elmaleh (1962) | Etting, Reuben (I1832)
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| 2081 | Revolutionary Soldier, Lushington's Brigade, S.C. | Cohen, Israel I. (I4008)
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| 2082 | Revolutionary War | Noah, Manuel (I2930)
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| 2083 | Revolutionary War Ancestor | Phillips, Jacob (I90)
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| 2084 | Richmond, Henrico, VA | Mordecai, Jacob (I834)
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| 2085 | Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia | Mordecai, Ellen (I853)
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| 2086 | Richmond, Virginia, USA | Mordecai, Jacob (I834)
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| 2087 | Richmond, Virginia, USA | Mordecai, Jacob (I834)
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| 2088 | Riga Ghetto, , , Latvia | Sora-Liba, Glazer (I7172)
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| 2089 | Riga Ghetto, , , Latvia | Gruzin, Ida (I7173)
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| 2090 | Riga Ghetto, , , Latvia | Zagorje, Leib (I7175)
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| 2091 | Riverside Cemetary | Anderson, Charles Hiffolitus (I6497)
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| 2092 | Riverside Cemetary | Adolfson, Ida Amanda (I6498)
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| 2093 | Robert James Cayton, Sr. (Jim) set sail on the final cruise of his life at mid-day Saturday, May 23, 2003, embarking from St. John's Hospital after heart failure. An avid cruiser, together Jim and Lucille had made over 150 voyages visiting over 200 countries in their 59 years of marriage. Jim's first cruise was April 21, 1915, one week after he was born in Honolulu and sailed back to his home on the big island of Hawaii. Later, Jim moved back to Honolulu where grew up as the quintessential island boy attending Punahou School, surfing with the early wave pioneers, and honing his laid back personality. In 1932, with his first pair of shoes and his duffel bag, Jim attended Stanford University. In 1937, unable to return to Hawaii due to a shipping strike, Jim settled in Los Angeles. While waiting for the shipping strike to end, Jim was invited to invest in a Venetian blind company. With about $1000 in borrowed funds, Jim launched Vogue Venetian Blinds. Jim, being ever curious and a tinkerer, heard about the complaints of Venetian blinds, "They are a pain to clean!". In 1943, while serving as the first President of the Venetian Blind Association of America, he had a conversation with a gentleman who held the patent for a "Vertical Blind". "Ahhh, no dust!", Jim thought to himself. The rest is history. Jim renamed his company Louver Drape and in 1971 he had built a 70,000 square foot factory in Santa Monica. When Jim sold the company in 1981, Louver Drape's facilities included more than ½ million square feet, 700 employees, and over 100 distributors in 100 countries world-wide. Despite this success, Jim maintained his Hawaiian lifestyle playing sand volleyball three days a week well into his seventies. In 1944, Jim married Lucille Ferderber of Chicago. The inseparable couple built not only a successful business, but a family and community of close friends. Jim and Lucille were coaches and scout leaders, active in PTA, and well known at the old Sand and Sea Beach Club. Jim was a devoted father teaching and sharing with his four children everything, from swimming, volleyball and surfing, to his invaluable life lessons of values and wisdom. A very close family, the Caytons worked, played and traveled together. Jim is survived by Lucille and his four children, sons Bob, wife Amy, and John, wife Pam, of Santa Cruz, daughters, Kiki of San Diego, Lori of Madison, WI, and 6 grandchildren, Ami, Meagan, Kelsey, Jhana, Arya and Kelden. Jim was also involved in a wide variety of community activities and humanitarian concerns. Jim is a past president of both the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club of Santa Monica, and continued to be an active member in both of these organizations. True philanthropists, Jim and Lucille have demonstrated their generosity and compassion by sponsoring scholarships at Stanford University and Santa Monica College, buildings at Santa Monica College and the Desert Rehabilitation Services, the pool at the YMCA of Santa Monica, The Center for Healthy Aging, The Wellness Community of West Los Angeles, The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica, the Betty Ford Center and many more. Despite Jim's love of people and playful nature, Jim felt it an unnecessary burden to have a Bon Voyage party for this final cruise. Therefore, there will not be a memorial service. Keeping in spirit of Jim's commitment to helping others, he would like you to offer your donations, in his name to any of his favored charities: The Wellness Community of West Los Angeles, The Center for Healthy Aging, Santa Monica College, the YMCA of Santa Monica, or the Rotary Club of Santa Monica. Los Angeles Times Thursday May 29, 2003 | Cayton, Robert James Sr. (I5001)
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| 2094 | Roi d'Ecosse | D'ecosse, James II (I10588)
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| 2095 | Roi d'Ecosse | D'ecosse, James I (I10591)
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| 2096 | Rosenbaum, Anita Aug 17, 1915 Daughter of Goddie Rosenbaum home from Germany with Mrs. Sam Rosenbaum 307 W. Vine has been studying music in Hanover. Anita quoted in Telegraph-Press "I am strongly pro-German. Germany is fair & square and I know she is in the right. England uses her mouth to fight .....and no soldiers". | Judson, Joe (I5058)
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| 2097 | Rosenbaum, Blanche 25 Apr 1911 weds in elaborate service at B'nai Israel to Siegfried Rosenberg to live in Hanover where Rosenberg is dealer in rare coins. | Rosenberg, Siegfried (I4931)
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| 2098 | Rosenbaum, Blanche 25 Apr 1911 weds in elaborate service at B'nai Israel to Siegfried Rosenberg to live in Hanover where Rosenberg is dealer in rare coins. | Rosenbaum, Blanche (I4929)
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| 2099 | Row 4 Plot 40 | Bensadon, Joseph of New Orleans (I3302)
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| 2100 | Rsolution of the Assembly of Rhode Island adopted 3 Sept 1776: "It is voted and Resolved That the four Four-Pounders beloning to Mr. Henry John Overing and the three Four-Pounders belonging to Jacob Isaacks in the possession of this State, be delivered to Mr. John Smith [Deputy of the Town of Providence, for the Committee of Safety], he producing an order for the same from the aforementioned Persons, they first making Proof of their Property to the Satisfaction of Peter Phillips, Esq; and giving up the Receipts given therefor in Behalf of this State." Rhode Island Colonial Records, Vol. Vii, page 608. Ezra Stiles' Diary, Vol I. page 11. Ibid, Book of Miscellaneous Notes. | Isaacks, Jacob (I1)
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