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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
Jews in the Russian Revolution
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[ . . . ] Not only did Jews not have anything to do, even remotely, with oppositional circles expressing discontent with the…

Contributor:

Lev Deutsch (Deich)

Places:

Petrograd, USSR (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1924

Subjects:

Politics, Youth movements, Women, Labor, Justice system

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
Kiryah ne’emanah (Faithful City)
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1. Giedymin, the great prince of Lithuania, who dwelt in the fortress of the city of Troki, once went forth…

Contributor:

Samuel Joseph Fuenn

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1860

Subjects:

Cities, Finance, Justice system, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Historical Writing