[²] Early American Zionist Projects, by Max. J. Kohler, A.M., LL.B., in Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, 1900, No. 8 pp. 76–79.
The Margravine of Anspach[¹] tells us in her anecdotes about him, that “He took a fancy to become a king: and on looking around..., as he found all the thrones occupied, he cast his eyes upon that nation which for seventeen hundred years had neither sovereign nor country; which was everywhere dispersed, and everywhere a stranger.... This extraordinary project occupied his attention for a considerable time. It is not known how far the Jews co-operated with him, nor to what point their negotiations were carried; nor was his plan ever developed: but the project was well known to the world, and his friends sometimes even joked with him on the subject.”[²]
[¹] Elizabeth (1750–1828), youngest daughter of the fourth Earl of Berkeley, K.T. (1715(6)–1755), who in 1767 married William Craven (1738–1791), afterwards the sixth Baron Craven. In the month following his death, she espoused the Margrave of Anspach (ob. 1806).
[²] Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach. Written by Herself ... London: ... 1826. Vol. ii., pp. 132–133.
John Perceval (1711–1770), the second Earl of Egmont, when scarce a man, had a scheme of assembling the Jews, and making himself their King.[¹]
[¹] Note by Lord Holland (1773–1840) in Memoirs of the Reign of King George II. (1683–1760), by Horace Walpole (1717–1797) ... London ... 1847. Vol. i., second edition, p. 35.
Hardly was the constitution of Pennsylvania of September 28th, 1776, adopted.... A German Jew, whose name and domicile are not mentioned, forwarded a letter to the President of the Continental Congress ... that a number of German Jews had the intention of settling in America.... Let the conditions be stated to us, gracious President....[¹]
[¹] A Memorial sent by German Jews to the President of the Continental Congress. By Dr. M. Kayserling. (Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, No. 6, 1897, pp. 5–6.)
Edward King (1795–1837), Viscount Kingsborough, eldest son of George, third Earl of Kingston (1771–1839), promoted and edited with copious notes a magnificent work, entitled Antiquities of Mexico ... 9 vols. Imperial Folio and 60 pp. of a tenth volume. London, 1830–1848. The drift of King’s speculations was to establish the colonization of Mexico by the Israelites.[¹]
[¹] Gordon Goodwin in the Dictionary of National Biography.