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THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND THE PATRIOTIC JEWISH COMMUNITY
[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Gazette of the United States. Levi Sheftal congratulates President Washington. New York: John Fenno, 19 June 1790. No. 20, Vol. 11. Folio (438 x 267 mm), old folds, punch holes at gutter margin, light spotting, lower corner dampstained. Provenance: J.L. Gardner(?), early ownership signature at top margin. THE FIRST ADDRESS BY A JEWISH COMMUNITY TO WASHINGTON AFTER THE ELECTION. “We have long been anxious of congratulating you on your appointment by unanimous approbation to the Presidential dignity of this country, and of testifying our unbounded confidence in your integrity and unblemished virtue… Your unexampled liberality and extensive philanthropy have dispelled that cloud of bigotry and superstition, which has long as a veil shaded religion…” Both Sheftal’s address, as President of the Hebrew Congregation of Savannah, and Washington’s reply are printed on p. 2.