The Denver Jewish news., 1921-09-28

lege, br. Ezra Stiles. whose diary
contains frequent references to Jews
Of the eighteenth century, with whom
he had cordial relations. wrote the
cpitaph on the tombstone of Aaron
Lopez. who was laid to rest in the
Jewish cemetery of Newport, made IA
nous by LongfellOw's poem. THE jew
ish Cemetery at Newport
Mention of Jews in Pennsylvahia
occurs for the first time IN 1857, but
there were no Jews in considerable
numbers until the following century.
The first Jewish name met with in
the annals of Philadelphia is that of
Jonas Aaron, 1703. Jews assembled
for religious service in Philadelphia
about 174J. There were Jewish set
Elements elsewhere also in Pennsyl-
vania Joseph Simon arrived in Ian
caster in 1TIO; Meyer Hart was one
Of the founders of the town of East@'i
in 174I: and Aaron Levy arrived in
northumberland County in 1860; hr
became landowner, and the town of
Aaronsburg. which he assisted in lay
ing out. was named for him.
|, Praetised Medicine in 1867.
The interesting character. DIR. Jacob
I.ombrozo. "ye Jew doctor" is first
mentioned in Maryland archives in
1867: he was one of the earliest medi-
cal practitioners in Maryland: letters
Of dcnization were issued to him in
vesting him with all the privileges of
n native or n naturalized subject; he
owned plantation in Charles County
along Naugemy Creek.
The first Virginia settler to he iden-
titled as Il Jew is Elias Lcgardo. who
has been located as a resident of the
colony in 1927: he arrived on the
Abigail" in 1921. Notice of another
lew has been discovered in the York
Records" of 1858.
A Jew is mentioned in the colonial
records of Connecticut of 1863. Other
references to Jews are found in the
records of that colony dating from the
seventeenth century. For example.
an cnry of the date September =
1861, states "thc same day yc Jews
which at present live in John March
his house have liberty to sojOurn in ye
town seven months"
Occasional mention dating from the
close of the seventeenth century is
made of Jews in South Carolina ISL
mon Valentine. in 1880. hut they did
not arrive in numbers till after 11N.
The first congregation dates from
1850.
The Colony of Georgia was settled
in the year 1913. In July of that
same year n company of forty Jews
arrived. Jews may therefore be con-
sidered in the light of original set
tiers of che colony in truth they con-
stituted one-third of the inhabitants
of the colony. The first native Geor'
gian is said to have been Philip Minis.
the first Jewish child born in the
colony. In the general conveyance of
town lots. gardens. and farms. eNecut'
ed December II. 1913. we find among
the grantees the names of seven Jews.
These original settlers lemeaneh them
selves in such fashion that Georgia's :
authoritative historian. Charles j..
Jones says of them, in his History of
Georgia: I'm the record of the Jews
Of the Colony of Georgia, there is no
stain"
Records Of all Wars Honorable.
In all the wars of the country, Jews
have taken prominent and honorable
part. How great this participation
was, has been made clear by Mr.. Si-
mon Wolf. of Washington. in his book.
THE American Jew as Patriot. Citi-
zen and Soldier the Immediate oc-
casion of whose compilation was the
slanderous charge made by writer
in the North American Review of De-
cember. 1891. that no Jews had serv-
ed in the Civil War.
Beginning with, the Revolutionary
struggle, Jews have fought on all the
battlefieds where patriots gave their
lives that the country might live. n
brief resume of this record will prove
of interest.
The first step which led eventually
to the War of the Revolution was the
signing of the Non-Importation Res
olution of 1865 by merchants of the
Colonies. Among these signers were
nine Jews. Citizens of the Colony of
Georgia issued protest against the
blockade of Boston HarbOr and taxa
tion without representation this was
signed by the prominent citizens OF
the Colony; among the signatures ap-
pear the names of two Jews.
Among the foremost citizens of South
Carolina ut this period was jew,
Francis Salvador. He was a member
,f tho prnyipriaI CpppresS of thp Col