PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN == JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY No. 1. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ORGANIZED AT NEW YORK, JUNE 7, 1892. 4.76582 LIST OF OFFICERS. President: HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS. Vice-Presidents: DR. CHARLES GROSS, PROF. JOHN B. MCMASTER, HON. SIMON W. ROSENDALE. Corresponding Secretary: DR. CYRUS ADLER. Recording Secretary: Treasurer: DR. CYRUS ADLER. Additional Members of the Executive Council: MAX COHEN, MENDES COHEN, L. N. DEMBITZ, REV. DR. B. FELSENTHAL, REV. DR. M. H. HARRIS, PROF. M. JASTROW, JR., All communications should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, DR. CYRUS ADLER, Smithsonian Institution, Washington City, U. S. A. OBJECTS. The object of this Society is to collect and publish material bearing upon the history of our country. It is known that Jews in Spain and Portugal participated in some degree in the voyages which led to the discovery of America, and that there were Jews from Holland, Great Britain, Jamaica and other countries among the earliest settlers of several of the colonies. There were also a number of Jews in the Continental army, and others contributed liberally to defray the expenses of the Revolutionary war. Since the foundation of our government a number of Jews have held important public positions. The genealogy of these men and the record of their achievements will, when gathered together, be of value and interest to the historian and perchance contribute materially to the history of our country. The objects for which this Society was organized are not sectarian but American. The co-operation of students of history and of all persons who have an interest in the work of this Society is cordially invited. iii FIRST SCIENTIFIC MEETING. The first scientific meeting of the American Jewish Historical Society was held Thursday, December 15, 1892, in the parlors of the Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. Two sessions were held, beginning respectively at three p. m. and eight p. m., seventy persons being present. Sixteen papers were read, a number of which are printed in the following pages. The following papers were read, the manuscript of which was not furnished for publication : Note on the Jews in the U. S. Navy, by Mr. Barnet Phillips of New York. John Moss, by Mr. Lucien Moss of Philadelphia. Note on David Hays, by Dr. S. Solis Cohen of Philadelphia. CONTENTS. PAGE. Address of the President. Hon. Oscar S. Straus, The Settlement of the Jews in Georgia. Chas. C. Jones, Jr., LL. D., 5 Beginnings of New York Jewish History. Max J. Kohler, M. A., 41 Americana at the Anglo-Jewish Exhibition. Dr. Cyrus Adler, . 109 A Political Document of the Year 1800. Dr. Cyrus Adler, |