Original Inventories of Early New York Jews (1682-1763) (Concluded).
By American Jewish History
- Release Date: 2002-12-01
- Genre: Social Science
Description
[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 of Abraham De Lucena, who died in New York in 1725. He graciously provided a copy to Professor Hershkowitz, who has authenticated the document and transcribed it for publication here, together with an introduction. The original of Abraham De Lucena's inventory is part of the Deanne and Arnold Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica, whose kind permission has made publication possible. The inventories of Samuel Levy (1722), David Elias, and Mordecai Gomez are at the library of the American Jewish Historical Society. Those of Isaac Levy and Samuel Levy (1762) are in the collections of the New-York Historical Society.]
