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Article: Original inventories of early New York Jews (1682-1763) (concluded).
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- American Jewish History
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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[Editor's Note: In this issue, American Jewish History concludes publication of all known surviving inventories of the Jews of colonial New York City. The extant inventories were originally thought to number twelve, as indicated in our previous issue, where the first seven were published as transcribed by Professor Leo Hershkowitz of Queens College of The City University of New York, together with his editorial annotations. The existence of a thirteenth inventory has since come to light. Upon publication of our last issue, Mr. Arnold Kaplan, a private collector and subscriber to the journal, contacted Professor Hershkowitz and informed him that he possessed the inventory ...