Transcriber’s Note.

The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Punctuation has been standardized.
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations
or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note..
The alphabetical order of the Index has been corrected but the references have not been checked for accuracy.
The following corrections have been made in the text:
[○] – ‘Paramaraibo’ replaced with ‘Paramaribo’
(The community of Paramaribo)
[○] – ‘Nasi’ replaced with ‘Nassi’
(David Nassi and the colony)
[○] – ‘Popineau’s’ replaced with ‘Papineau’s’
(against Papineau’s rebellion)
[○] – ‘Manasse’ replaced with ‘Manasseh’
(than Manasseh Ben Israel)
[○] – ‘Juanna’ replaced with ‘Juana’
(Queen Juana of Castille)
[○] – ‘Gonzolo’ replaced with ‘Gonzalo’
(Gonzalo de Luna)
[○] – ‘Parahibo’ replaced with ‘Parahiba’
(Rio de Janeiro and Parahiba.)
[○] – ‘Paramaraibo’ replaced with ‘Paramaribo’
(The community of Paramaribo)
[○] – ‘Nasi’ replaced with ‘Nassi’
(David Nassi and the colony)
[○] – ‘Calaby’ replaced with ‘Calabi’
(Israel Calabi Cid)
[○] – ‘Noach’ replaced with ‘Noah’
(In 1772 Noah Isaaks)
[○] – ‘De’ replaced with ‘Da’
(David Da Costa)
[○] – ‘Willemstad’ replaced with ‘Willemsted’
(present district of Willemsted)
[○] – ‘some’ replaced with ‘same’
(on the same scale)
[○] – ‘Gomes’ replaced with ‘Gomez’
(David Gomez Henriques)
[○] – ‘Amreica’ replaced with ‘America’
(came to America about 1755)
[○] – ‘renderd’ replaced with ‘rendered’
(Several other Jews rendered)
[○] – ‘seperation’ replaced with ‘separation’
(The separation of Church and)
[○] – ‘it’ replaced with ‘is’
(of whom it is not certain)
[○] – ‘pariot’ replaced with ‘patriot’
(the haven for patriot refugees)
[○] – ‘Hyam’ replaced with ‘Haym’
(His son, Haym M. Salomon) and
(great-grandson of Haym Salomon)
[○] – ‘propogated’ replaced with ‘propagated’
(and propagated with enthusiasm)
[○] – ‘Berith’ replaced with ‘B’rith’
(into a B’nai B’rith lodge)
[○] – ‘Hyam’ replaced with ‘Haym’
(that of Haym Harris)
[○] – ‘Kehilat’ replaced with ‘Kehillah’
(The “Kehillah Anshe Maarab”)
[○] – ‘Greenbaum’ replaced with ‘Greenebaum’
(Henry Greenebaum (b. in Germany, 1833))
[○] – ‘rabinate’ replaced with ‘rabbinate’
(He gave up the rabbinate)
[○] – ‘bcome’ replaced with ‘become’
(to become rabbi of)
[○] – ‘Penteteuch’ replaced with ‘Pentateuch’
(began a translation of the Pentateuch)
[○] – ‘consevative’ replaced with ‘conservative’
(a more conservative course)
[○] – ‘appeard’ replaced with ‘appeared’
(which appeared anonymously)
[○] – ‘Würtemburg’ replaced with ‘Würtemberg’
(Max Einstein (b. in Würtemberg)
[○] – ‘Colonal’ replaced with ‘Colonel’
(Lieutenant-Colonel Leopold C. Newman)
[○] – ‘Kehillat’ replaced with ‘Kehillah’
(Kehillah Anshe Maarab of Chicago)
[○] – ‘Polland’ replaced with ‘Poland’
(emigrants from Russian-Poland)
‘cosiderable’ replaced with ‘considerable’
(followed by considerable emigration)
[○] – ‘Sarahson’ replaced with ‘Sarasohn’
(His brother-in-law, Kasriel H. Sarasohn)
[○] – ‘Henriette’ replaced with ‘Henrietta’
(by Miss Henrietta Szold.)
[○] – ‘Missiouri’ replaced with ‘Missouri’
(farmers in Kansas and Missouri.)
[○] – ‘landsleute’ replaced with ‘landsleut’
(The “landsleut” meet there)
[○] – ‘wealtheir’ replaced with ‘wealthier’
(older and wealthier members)
‘snyagogue’ replaced with ‘synagogue’
(the position of a synagogue)
[○] – ‘somehwat’ replaced with ‘somewhat’
(had somewhat relaxed)
[○] – ‘precense’ replaced with ‘presence’
(and demands their presence)
[○] – ‘Maritz’ replaced with ‘Moritz’
(and Moritz Ellinger)
[○] – ‘on’ replaced with ‘an’
(offered the Jews an opportunity)
[○] – ‘Sosnitz’ replaced with ‘Sossnitz’
(the philosopher Joseph Loeb Sossnitz)
[○] – ‘arguments’s’ replaced with ‘argument’s’
(for the argument’s sake)
[○] – ‘umost’ replaced with ‘utmost’
(exploited to the utmost extent)
[○] – ‘cannoot’ replaced with ‘cannot’
(people who cannot utilize)
[○] – ‘Popineau’ replaced with ‘Papineau’
(against Papineau’s rebellion)
[○] – ‘Mickveh’ replaced with ‘Mickweh’
(rabbi of Congregation Mickweh Israel)
[○] – ‘Ottowa’ replaced with ‘Ottawa’
(Ottawa, Quebec, Regina)
[○] – ‘succsssful’ replaced with ‘successful’
(are successful and their future)
[○] – ‘Maranos’ replaced with ‘Marranos’
(formerly as Marranos)
[○] – ‘Luxemburg’ replaced with ‘Luxembourg’
(for the Luxembourg gallery)
[○] – ‘emonomy’ replaced with ‘economy’
(professor of political economy)
[○] – ‘subect’ replaced with ‘subject’
(standard works on the subject)
[○] – ‘Josep’ replaced with ‘Joseph’
(Rabbi Joseph Moses Aronson)
[○] – ‘Ettelsohn’ replaced with ‘Ettelson’
(edited by N. B. Ettelson)
[○] – ‘Omoha’ replaced with ‘Omaha’
(died in Omaha, Neb.)
[○] – ‘Mabazine’ replaced with ‘Magazine’
(The New Era Illustrated Magazine)
[○] – ‘Josephr’ replaced with ‘Joseph’
(edited by Joseph Selig Glick)
[○] – ‘proporton’ replaced with ‘proportion’
(Not only the proportion)
[○] – ‘Jewisht’ replaced with ‘Jewish’
(set the Jewish house)
[○] – ‘Abramovitz’ replaced with ‘Abramowitz’
(Abramowitz, Rev. Herman)
[○] – ‘Salvator’ replaced with ‘Salvatore’
(Andrade, Salvatore d’)
[○] – ‘Elizer’ replaced with ‘Eliezer’
(Anixter, Rabbi Eliezer)
[○] – ‘Ashkenazy’ replaced with ‘Ashkenazi’
(Ashkenazi, Dr. Herbert)
[○] – ‘Barsimon’ replaced with ‘Barsimson’
(Barsimson, Jacob)
[○] – ‘Bendor’ replaced with ‘Bender’
(Bender, Canada)
[○] – ‘Bennet’ replaced with ‘Bennett’
(Bennett, James Gordon)
[○] – ‘Beral’ replaced with ‘Bernal’
(Bernal, physician)
[○] – ‘Campanell’ replaced with ‘Campanall’
(Campanall, Mordecai)
[○] – ‘Caseres’ replaced with ‘Caseras’
(Caseras, Henrique de)
[○] – ‘Jerahmeel’ replaced with ‘Jerahmel’
(Chuck, Jerahmel)
[○] – ‘Cesar’ replaced with ‘Ceasar’
(Cone, Ceasar)
[○] – ‘Cordova’ replaced with ‘Cordoza’
(Cordoza, Hakam de)
[○] – ‘Henriquez’ replaced with ‘Henriques’
add missing page reference ‘51’
(Coutinho, Henriques, [51])
[○] – ‘Jeraso’ replaced with ‘Jerajo’
(Coutinho, Isaac Jerajo)
[○] – ‘Cresquas’ replaced with ‘Cresques’
‘Jafudah’ replaced with ‘Jafuda’
(Cresques, Jafuda)
[○] – ‘Cuffo’ replaced with ‘Cufo’
(Cufo)
[○] – ‘Dongan’ replaced with ‘Dungan’
(Dungan, Irvine)
[○] – ‘Fallmouth’ replaced with ‘Falmouth’
(Falmouth, Jamaica)
[○] – ‘Gabbay’ replaced with ‘Gabay’
(Faro, Solomon Gabay)
[○] – ‘Fischman’ replaced with ‘Fishman’
(Fishman, William)
[○] – ‘Immigation’ replaced with ‘Immigration’
(Ford—Committee on Immigration)
[○] – ‘Frazen’ replaced with ‘Frazon’
(Frazon or Frazier, Joseph)
[○] – ‘Friberg’ replaced with ‘Freiberg’
(Freiberg, J. Walter)
[○] – ‘Friedländer’ replaced with ‘Friedlaender’
(Friedlaender, Dr. Israel)
[○] – ‘Glidden’ replaced with ‘Gliddon’
(Gliddon, John)
[○] – ‘Hackenberg’ replaced with ‘Hackenburg’
(Hackenburg, Wm. B.)
[○] – ‘Lemel’ replaced with ‘Lemil’
(Harris, Asher Lemil)
[○] – Page reference added ‘70’
(Hendricks, Benjamin, [70])
[○] – ‘Elkam’ replaced with ‘Elkan’
(Heydenfeldt, Elkan)
[○] – ‘Heyster’ replaced with ‘Heister’
(Heister, Gen.)
[○] – ‘Illiowizi’ replaced with ‘Iliowizi’
(Iliowizi, Rabbi Henry)
[○] – ‘Illon’ replaced with ‘Illan’
(Illan, Jaude)
[○] – ‘Elchanan’ replaced with ‘Elhanan’
(Jaffe, Rabbi Shalom Elhanan)
[○] – ‘Jaffe’ replaced with ‘Joffe’
(Joffe, Joshua A.)
[○] – the 2nd (note) is on page 207 instead of 243
([207] (note), [243],)
[○] – ‘Laski’ replaced with ‘Lasky’
(Lasky, David)
[○] – ‘beu’ replaced with ‘ben’
(Manasseh ben Israel)
[○] – ‘Mansa’ replaced with ‘Manso’
(Manso, Bishop Alphonso)
[○] – ‘Margolis’ replaced with ‘Margolies’
(Margolies, Rabbi M. Z.)
[○] – ‘Mesya’ replaced with ‘Mesia’
(Mesia, Daniel)
[○] – ‘Montevideo’ replaced with ‘Montevido’
(Montevido, Uruguay)
[○] – ‘Montigo’ replaced with ‘Montego’
(Montego Bay, Jamaica)
[○] – ‘Neuman’ replaced with ‘Neumann’
(Neumann, Dr. S.)
[○] – ‘Newberg’ replaced with ‘Newburg’
(Newburg, P.)
[○] – ‘Newberger’ replaced with ‘Newburger’
(Newburger, Morris)
[○] – ‘Parahibo’ replaced with ‘Parahiba’
(Parahiba, Brazil)
[○] – ‘Para’ replaced with ‘Parra’
(Parra, La)
[○] – ‘Pellatas’ replaced with ‘Pelatas’
(Pelatas, Brazil)
[○] – ‘Pereire’ replaced with ‘Perreira’
(Perreira, Isaac)
[○] – ‘Phillipson’ replaced with ‘Philipson’
(Philipson, Rev. David)
[○] – ‘Philipps’ replaced with ‘Phillips’
(Phillips, Col. Frederick)
[○] – ‘Pinalo’ replaced with ‘Pinelo’
(Pinelo, Francisco)
[○] – ‘Alegro’ replaced with ‘Alegra’
(Porto Alegra, Brazil)
[○] – ‘Reisin’ replaced with ‘Reisen’
(Reisen, A.)
[○] – ‘Löbel’ replaced with ‘Löbl’
(Rindskopf, Löbl)
[○] – ‘Rievera’ replaced with ‘Rivera’
(Rivera, Jacob Rodrigues)
[○] – ‘Kesriel’ replaced with ‘Kasriel’
(Sarasohn, Kasriel H.)
[○] – ‘Schomer’ replaced with ‘Shomer’
(Schaikewitz, N. M. (Shomer))
[○] – ‘Schwarz’ replaced with ‘Schwartz’
(Schwartz, Tobias)
[○] – Page reference added ‘344’
(Shaftesbury, Lord)
[○] – ‘Sasta’ replaced with ‘Shasta’
(Shasta, Cal.)
[○] – ‘Sherbrook’ replaced with ‘Sherbrooke’
(Sherbrooke, Canada)
[○] – ‘Sosnitz’ replaced with ‘Sossnitz’
(Sossnitz, Jos. L.)
[○] – ‘Weinschel’ replaced with ‘Weinshel’
‘Hayim’ replaced with ‘Hayyim’
(Weinshel, Hayyim)
[○] – ‘Wister’ replaced with ‘Wistar’
(Wistar, William)
[○] – ‘Woolff’ replaced with ‘Wolff’
(Wolff, J. Meyer)
[○] – ‘Eliakum’ replaced with ‘Eliakim’
(Zunser, Eliakim)