Lyons collection.
Contributors: Lyons, Jacques Judah, 1813-1877; Phillips, Naphtali, 1773-1870; Noah, M. M. 1785-1851.; Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
Series: Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society -- no. 27
Publisher: American Jewish Historical Society
Published: 1913
Place of publication: [Baltimore]
Language: eng
Subjects: Jews -- United States -- History -- Sources; Jews -- America
Notes: "The present work ... contains the material relating to American Jewish history, collected by the late Rev. Jacques J. Lyons, who was for many years minister of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of New York."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: v. 1. The earliest extant minute books of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of New York, a Sketch of the congregation written by Mr. Naphtall Phillips, and the Address of Major Morderal M. Noah delivered in 1825, at the laying of the corner stone of the City of Ararat, a proposed refuge for Jews near Buffalo, N.Y.  Transcripts and summaries of the manuscripts embraced in the collection, as well as the most important material selected from the note books and scrap books of the late Rev. J.J. Lyons.