CHAPTER XIV

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OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE FIRST PERIODS OF INDEPENDENCE.

Rabbi Gershom Mendez Seixas――Growth of the Jewish community of Philadelphia on account of the War――Protest against the religious test clause in the Constitution of Pennsylvania―― Benjamin Franklin contributes five pounds to Mickweh Israel―― Secession of the German-Polish element――New Societies――Jewish lawyers; Judge Moses Levy――Congressman H. M. Phillips――The Bush family of Delaware――New Jersey and New Hampshire――North Carolina: the Mordecai family and other early settlers.

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