Board of Delegates of American Israelites Resolution Condemning General Grant's Expulsion Order & Speculation Explanation

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Board of Delegates of American Israelites Resolution Condemning General Grant's Expulsion Order & Speculation Explanation

Description

This record contains two newspaper articles. The first is a report of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Delegates of American Israelites held in New York on January 8, 1863, where resolutions were adopted protesting General Grant's expulsion of Jews from the Department of Tennessee. The second article discusses the cotton speculation involving General Grant's father, Jesse Grant, and the Mack Brothers, suggesting that the expulsion order might have been motivated by the brothers' refusal to settle a partnership account.

Subjects

Antisemitism Military Orders Civil War

Other Details

Type: Miscellaneous

Identifier: LSKAP_New_11

Collection: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

People

People: —

Dates

Gregorian: January 09, 1863

Hebrew: י״ח בְּטֵבֵת תרכ״ג

Places

From: New York City

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

“Two newspaper articles: "Board of Delegates of American Israelites" and "Grant's Order Expelling the Jews"..” (January 09, 1863). Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lskap_new_11 .