Iewes in America, or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race
Subtitle: With the removall of some contrary reasonings, and earnest desires for effectuall endeavours to make them Christian
By: Proposed by Tho: Thorowgood B.D. one of the assembly of divines..
Contributors: Dury, John, 1596-1680; Montezinos, Antonio de, -approximately 1650; Manasseh ben Israel, 1604-1657; Ternaux-Compans, Henri, 1807-1864
Publisher: Printed by W[illiam] H[unt] for Tho. Slater, and are be to [sic] sold at his shop at the signe of the Angel in Duck Lane
Published: 1650
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Lost tribes of Israel; Indians of North America; Origin; Missions
Other titles: Ievves in America, or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race; Jewes in America, or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race; Jevves in America, or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race; Jews in America, or, Probabilities that the Americans are of that race; Iewes in America; Ievves in America; Jewes in America; Jevves in America; Jews in America; Probabilities that the Americans are of that race
Work titles: Jewes in America. Part 1
Notes: Name of printer supplied by Wing.

Includes an initial imprimatur leaf.

"An epistolicall discourse of Mr. Iohn Dury, to Mr. Thorowgood. Concerning his conjecture that the Americans are descended from the Israelites. With a history of a Portugall Iew, Antoine Monterinos, attested by Manasseh ben Israel, to the same effect", pages [27-42], 1st count, has separate caption title.

Contains a table of contents on page [44], 1st count.

"The relation of master Antoine Monterinos, translated out of the French copie sent by Manaseh ben Israel", pages 129-136 and [1-3], 2nd and 3rd count, has separate caption title.

This work was reissued in London, 1652 under title: Digitas Dei.

A continuation of this work was printed in London, 1660 under title: Jews in America, or Probabilities, that those Indians are Judaical, made more probable by some additionals to the former conjectures.

Signatures: pi1 a-e⁴ (a1 verso blank) chi1 (chi1 recto blank) B-S⁴ (F2 missigned E2) T² (T2 verso blank).

Errata: foot of page [3], 3rd count.

Title printed withing double rule border; woodcut head pieces; initials.

Baer, E. Seventeenth century Maryland, 32

Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). Catalogue of the McAlpin collection of British history and theology, II:721

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), T1067

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, II: page 403

European Americana, 650/210

English short title catalogue, R206387

Purchase; 1846; 0754.

Purchase; before 1900; 08292.