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Explicasion de las armas de Lopes y Suaço (Explanation of the Arms of Lopez and Suasso)
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I, Don Pedro Alberto de Launay Cau, gentleman of the Royal House of King Charles II, in charge of the heraldry and chronicles of his Spanish realms, of provincial arms, and, earlier, of his estates…

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Alberto de Launay

Places:

Brussels, Holy Roman Empire (Brussels, Belgium)

Date:

1676

Subjects:

Class, Monarchy, Family, Christian-Jewish relations, Assimilation

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents, History, Firsthand Accounts
Drawing of coat of arms of two lions and ten leaves on the right and two dog-like animals on left.
Letter to George Washington
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Deprived as we heretofore have been of the invaluable rights of free citizens, we now (with a deep sense of gratitude to the Almighty disposer of all events) behold a government erected by the Majesty…

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Moses Seixas

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Date:

1790

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Politics, Government, Colonialism, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand Accounts
Handwritten letter in English with small stamp at top and signature on bottom.
Almanac for the Year 5675
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The Molad is Wednesday evening, 10 minutes and 9 halakim on 6 [6:10.9 pm] Iyar 5675—April 1915—Taurus—(29 days) [Hebrew Date] [Day of the week] [Christian Date] [Islamic Date] 1st Thursday Se…

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Eliezer Ya‘akov Podhorzer

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Palestine (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Calendar, Holidays, Jewish identity, Prayer, Torah study

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Lists & Catalogues, History
Facing pages with Yiddish text in columns and some French and English text in margins.