Uriah P. LevyCollection undated, 1787-1948, 1959, 1961, 1985, 2005

Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) traces its history to September 25, 1740 when the Province of Pennsylvania and Thomas Penn authorized a permanent burial ground for the entire Jewish community of Philadelphia. Jews in Philadelphia in the 1740s and 1750s organized themselves informally for services. In 1761 they acquired a Torah scroll and met in a private residence on Sterling Alley, then between Cherry and Race Streets and Third and Fourth Streets. The congregation moved ...

Levy, Michael, 1755-1812

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Kanoff, Abraham [Lt. Commander]

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Levy, Uriah Phillips, 1792-1862

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Naval officer. From the description of Court martial proceedings and defense of Uriah Phillips Levy, 1842-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014841 Uriah P. Levy (1792-1862) On April 22, 1792, Uriah Phillips Levy was born in Philadelphia, the third child of Michael and Rachel Levy. From a young age, Levy was known to be quick-tempered and proud, traits that would follow him his whole life. Throughout his childhood, Levy was heavily influenced by ...

Levy, Rachel

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Naval Air Station (Va.)

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Levy, Jonas Phillips, 1807-1883

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Jonas Phillips Levy was born on January 14, 1807, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Michael Levy and Rachel Phillips. He was the youngest of ten children. Levy never finished his formal education, instead preferring to take various apprenticeships. He began his career as a seaman in 1823, when he signed on as cabin boy on the schooner Sygnet heading for New Orleans. Jonas worked various odd sailing jobs, on both steamboats and ocean vessels for the next few years, saving money, and ...

U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)

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Mariners' museum Newport News, Va.

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In 2005, the Library created an artificial collection of several David G. Farragut letters owned by the Museum, which had mostly been accessioned prior to 1941. The accession numbers for these individual letters were the following: CA1, CA4, CA5, CA7, CA8, CA25, and CA54. From the description of Collection of David G. Farragut documents, 1861-1864. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 775010556 ...

Phillips, Jonas, 1736-1803

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Jonas Phillips was born in Germany in 1736. Phillips was a merchant, patriot, and patriarch of the Phillips family in America. Phillips was a founder of Congregation Mickve Israel, Philadelphia, and served in the Philadelphia militia during the Revolutionary War. Phillips married Rebecca Mendez Machado, with whom he had twenty-one children. Phillips died in 1803. ...

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Lyons, Jacques J. (Jacques Judah), 1813-1877

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Jacques Judah Lyons (1813-1877) Jacques Judah Lyons, hazan, rabbi, and community leader, was born in Surinam, Dutch Guiana on Menahem 25, 5573 (August 25, 1813). His parents, Judah Eleazar and Mary Asser Lyons, had emigrated to Surinam from Philadelphia in the early 1800s. Jacques education was limited to the institutions the Dutch colony could afford; however, he spoke several languages in addition to Dutch, including Hebrew, English, German, and French and possessed a ...

Phillips, Rebecca Machado, 1746-1831

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Rebecca Machado Phillips, daughter of David Mendez Machado (1695-1747) and Zipporah Nunez (1714-1799). Married Jonas Phillips on 10 November 1762 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 1801, at age 55, Rebecca was one of the founding members of the Female Association for Relief of Women and Children in Reduced Circumstances, a nonsectarian organization. In 1819, at age 74, she was director of the Female Benevolent Society, the first Jewish charity in America unrelated to a synagogue....

Hale, John P. (John Parker), 1806-1873

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American statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to A. Middleton, 1856 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270505990 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Senate Chamber," to Captain Palmer, 1861 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503647 U.S. district attorney, U.S. representative and senator from New Hampshire, and U.S. minister to Spain; resident of Dover, N.H. From the description of John P. Ha...

Levy family

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Markens, Isaac, 1846-1928

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Journalist, historian and Lincoln scholar. From the description of Letter, January 25, 1908. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52707966 ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917

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U.S. secretary of the navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of William E. Chandler papers, 1863-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982265 U.S. Secretary of the Navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. From the description of Papers [microform], 1876-1882. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 62739785 William E. Chandler, a Republican, was U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1889-1901, Assistant ...