CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. PART I. JEWS IN MASSACHUSETTS
6. I. JEWISH RESIDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE 1800 3
7. II . JUDAH MONIS, FIRST INSTRUCTOR IN HEBREW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY 22
8. III. THE PHYLACTERY FOUND AT PITTSFIELD 40
9. PART II. THE COMING OF JEWS TO NEW YORK
10. IV. THE FIRST COMING OF THE JEWS TO NEW YORK 49
11. V. THE PETITION OF JACQUES DE LA MOTTHE 53
12. VI. WILLS OF EARLY JEWISH SETTLERS IN NEW YORK 61
13. VII. HAYM SALOMON'S SERVICES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 90
14. VIII. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MELIORATING THE CONDITION OF THE JEWS, AND JOSEPH S. C. F. FREY 96
15. PART III. JEWS IN OTHER AMERICAN LANDS
16. IX. GABRIEL MILAN, THE JEWISH GOVERNOR OF ST. THOMAS 115
17. X. FRANCISCO DE FARIA AND THE POPISH PLOT 127
18. XI. THE DE LA PENHA FAMILY AND ITS LABRADOR GRANTS 146
19. NOTES 153
20. APPENDICES
21. APPENDIX A 191
22. APPENDIX B 193
23. APPENDIX C 195
24. APPENDIX D 200
25. APPENDIX E 203
26. APPENDIX F 205
27. APPENDIX G 206
28. BIBLIOGRAPHY 211
29. INDICES 221