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In the Hands of the British
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This day [December 29, 1778] the British troops, consisting of about 3,500 men, including two battalions of Hessians under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell of the Seventy-first…

Contributor:

Mordecai Sheftall

Places:

Savannah, British America and the British West Indies (Savannah, United States of America)

Date:

ca. 1778–1779

Subjects:

War, Family, Food and drink, Justice system, Punishment

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
Divre ha-yamim shel ha-apifyor Paulo revi‘i (The History of Pope Paul IV)
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On the 4th of Sivan 5315 [June 3, 1555], after the death of Pope Marcellus [of] La Marche, whose name will be well remembered, though he reigned only twenty-three days, he gave great redemption to…

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Benjamin Nehemiah ben Elnatan

Places:

Civitanova, Papal States (Civitanova Marche, Italy)

Date:

1559–1562

Subjects:

Christianity, Christian-Jewish relations, Punishment, Antisemitism, Dress

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts
The Destruction of Jerusalem
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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…

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Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1627

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Monarchy, Punishment

Categories:

History, Historical Writing