B. H. Levy papers, 1982-1998.

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B. H. Levy papers, 1982-1998.

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This collection contains papers and research materials regarding B. H. Levy of Savannah, Georgia from 1982-1998. Majority of this collection are the research materials, books, drafts, and edited manuscripts of Levy's biography on Mordecai Sheftall that was published in 1999 and entitled, Mordecai Sheftall: Jewish Revolutionary Patriot as well as his research notes and materials on colonial Georgia history and Jewish community cemeteries, which he used for his 1983 publication of Savannah's Old Jewish Community Cemeteries. Also included are photographs, invitations, correspondence, postcards, artifacts, clippings, newspapers, and magazines relating to Georgia's 250th Anniversary celebration in 1983, of which Levy served as the chairman of the Georgia Seminquincentenary Commission.

11 boxes (10.5 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476373

Georgia Historical Society

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Nones, Benjamin, 1757-1826.

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Georgia Seminquincentenary Commission.

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Sheftall, Mordecai, 1735-1797

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Mordecai Sheftall (1735-1797) was born in Savannah, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sheftall who emigrated to Georgia in 1733. He served as magistrate of Chatham County and as Deputy Commissioner of Issues for the Continental troops in Georgia. He and his son, Sheftall Sheftall, were taken prisoner in 1779, but exchanged and released in 1780. From the description of Mordecai Sheftall papers, 1780-1796 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76945104 Mordecai Shefta...

Levy, B. H., 1912-

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Benjamin Hirsch Levy was born on 24 August 1912 in Savannah, Georgia and was the son of Arthur Benjamin and Regena Waterman Levy. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1932 and later received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1935. Levy was admitted to the bar that same year and began to practice as an attorney for the Bright and Brennan law firm in Savannah. In 1940, he married Marion Cecil Abrahams of Savannah and also began active duty in the United States Air Force. He cont...

Levy, Marion Abrahams.

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