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Clippings (Box 4, Folder 8) 1863-1865

Box 4, Folder 8 contains clippings related to resolutions adopted by the Board of Delegates of the American Israelites between 1863 and 1865, including the resolutions adopted in reaction to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.Digital imag

Surveys and Correspondence (Box 3, Folder 5) 1860-1878

Surveys and correspondence A-C deals with the Board's activities of collecting statistical information on Jewish life in America. The folder primarily contains survey questionnaires sent to Congregational members for statistical purposes, which were sent to Albany, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Baton Rouge, Charleston, Chattanooga, Chicago, Chillicothe, Missouri, and Cincinnati.Digital imag

Resolutions and Drafts (Box 1, Folder 8) undated, 1864-1867

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Alliance Israélite Universelle Publications (Box 4, Folder 5) 1860, 1876, 1880

Box 4, Folder 5 contains printed material from the Alliance Israélite Universelle, including an essay written in defense of the Israelites living in Morocco and an exposition on the creation of an Universal Israelitish Alliance.Digital imag

Surveys and Correspondence (Box 3, Folder 9) 1859-1878

Surveys and correspondence P-R deals with the Board's activities of collecting statistical information on Jewish life in America. The folder primarily contains correspondence and survey questionnaires sent to Congregational members for statistical purposes, which were sent to Paterson, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon, Plaquemine, Louisiana, Providence, Rhode Island, Quincy, Illinois, and Richmond, Virginia.Digital imag

Correspondence (Box 2, Folder 14) undated, 1860-1877

Correspondence C-D, in English, contains various receipts for money issued abroad, a letter from Caleb Cushing, Legation of the United States in Madrid concerning the faults of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella's expulsion of the Jews in 1492 and a history of Jews in Spain, and a proposal from the Committee of Roumania Jews from Berlin proposing a conference on the Romanian problem to be held in Brussels.Digital imag

Correspondence (Box 2, Folder 13) undated, 1860-1878

Correspondence B, written in English, contains letters from A. Bennish of the Anglo-American Association and Adolphe Buchner, temporary consul at Bucharest prior to the arrival of Peixotto. Several of the letters in this folder speak of the situation of Jews residing in Morocco, Romania, and Baghdad.Digital imag

Oversized Materials undated, 1860-1880

Oversized material is the digitized contents of two boxes (OS1 and OS2) that consist of correspondence, clippings, printed materials from Box 2, Folders 12, 13 and 17 as well as Box 4, Folders 1 and 8.Digital imag

Correspondence (Box 2, Folder 17) 1860-1880

Correspondence M, in English, contains letters from Felix A. Mathews, Consul at Tangiers concerning incidents of persecution against Moroccan Jews in Tangiers and Fez, also contains a letter of protest from "A.J." to Thomas Murphy of the State Senate concerning the imminent change of the Jewish Hospital to Mt. Sinai and a memorial address from Charles Moses, former Master of the Ship Herculean, asking for help from the Board in alleviating the plight of Jews and easing immigration laws for them.Digital imag