CHAPTER XVIII

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THE FIRST COMMUNITIES IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

Impetus given to immigration to America by the reaction after the fall of Napoleon――The second period of Jewish immigration―― First legislation about immigration (1819)――The first Jew in Cincinnati――Its first congregation, Bene Israel――Appeals to outside communities for funds to build a synagogue――The first Talmud Torah――Rabbis Gutheim, Wise and Lilienthal――Cleveland―― St. Louis――Louisville――Mobile――Montgomery and its alleged Jewish founder, Abraham Mordecai――Savannah and Augusta――New Orleans――Judah Touro.

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