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jews -- england -- history -- 19th century -- sources.19
manuscripts, english -- 19th century -- texts.19
pinkasim -- texts.14
jews -- england -- penzance -- history -- sources. 12
jews -- england -- london -- history -- sources.9
manuscripts, hebrew -- 19th century -- texts.4
cecil roth collection -- insertions -- research notes.3
jews -- england -- history -- sources.3
cecil roth collection -- insertions .2
christian converts from judaism -- england -- london -- history -- sources.2

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Penzance (England)14
London (England)12
Chichester (England)2
Amsterdam (Netherlands)1
Berlin (Germany)1
England1
Frankfurt Am Main (Germany)1
Genoa (Italy)1
Hamburg-Altona (Germany)1
Iran1

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Adler, Nathan Marcus (1803-1890)2
Van Oven, Joshua2
7th Earl of Huntingdon1
Adler, Hermann Nathan (1839-1911)1
Ben Samuel, Jacob1
Bet Din Tsedeḳ London ṾEha-Medinah (Great Britain)1
Beth Din (London, England)1
British Chief Rabbinate1
Brodie, Sir Israel (1895-1979)1
Hastings, Theophilius (1650-1701)1

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Archive Judaica Piece

[Cecil Roth’s research material relating to the Penzance Hebrew Congregation]

[c 1930–c 1965]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Used to be inserted into MS Roth 205: Revised regulations of the Penzance Hebrew Congregation (Cornwall) 1844. 29 items reflecting Roth’s research on the Penzance ...

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[Part of envelope, 10 August 1853, Isaac Disraeli to George de Burgh. Letter, 30 August 1857, Sir David Salomons to the Lord Mayor (original). Envelope, 29 January 1872, from William Ewart Gladstone addressed to Sir David Salomons].

[1853–1872]

Title supplied by cataloguer. MS Roth *290, a small collection of miscellaneous letters and envelopes, 1830–1857, from and to prominent English Jews contained two more letters and a note by Roth w...

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[Sefer nedavot shel bet keneset be-London]. [ספר נדבות של בית כנסת בלונדון]. [Offertory-book of a London synagogue].

[18th–19th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, “Catalogue”, in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 710. Variant title: Shnoder-book. Summary: ...

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[Minute-book of the Penzance Hebrew Congregation (Cornwall), 1843-1864, with inventory of synagogal property].

[1843-1864]

Title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 203. Variant titles: Pinḳas ḳehilat Penzans. פנקס קהילת פענזאנס. Taḳan...

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[Latin account-roll of William de Rothing, Sheriff of Norfolk, directed to the Bailiffs of Norwich, including crown-debts in Norwich, 1286–1287, lists of sums owed by Norwich Christians to the justices of the Jews, 1265–1266, 1270–1271, 1279–1288, and a portrait-caricature of a Jew].

[1287–1288]

Title supplied by cataloguer. First membrane is written on both sides (opisthograph). A discussion and full transcription of MS Roth *270 provides Roth’s student, Vivian D. Lipman, “The Roth...

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[Begging letter, after 6 September 1666, from Jacob ben Rabbi Samuel Augusto to the Earl of Huntingdon, referring to "that unhappy fire in London hath undone me, for my pleace[!], for my hebrew bookis, and for my living" (original)].

[1666?]

English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 249. Summary: Only first leaf recto, and last leaf verso (address and traces of red wax...

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[Letter, 4 March 1801, Joshua van Oven to Patrick Colquhoun, Esq., regarding the amelioration of the condition of the Jews in London (copy)].

Van Oven, Joshua

1801

Title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 242. As of 2020, MS Roth 242 missing. This description is based on the microfilm of MS Roth 243 ...

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Taḳanot bukh le-vet ha-keneset ḥadashah di-ḳ.ḳ Pensans. תקנת בוך לבית הכנסת חדשה דק׳׳ק פענסאנס. [Record book of the Penzance Hebrew Congregation (Cornwall) concerning the construction of the new Synagogue, 1807–1829].

[1807–1829]

Hebrew title supplied from upper cover recto. English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 202. Variant titles: Pinḳas ḳehilat ...

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[Collection of papers and letters pertaining to Cecil Roth's research on Jacob ben Rabbi Samuel, including photostats of two original petitions: 1662, to Charles II, and, approximately 1663–1666, to the Bishop of Chichester].

1931–1954

Title supplied by cataloguer. According to Roth's research notes, the original of Jacob ben Samuel's petition to Charles II is held by The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office), P.R....

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Plan for ameliorating the condition and improving the habits of the lower order of the Jews in London / [Joshua van Oven].

Van Oven, Joshua

[1805?]

Title supplied from heading on folio 1r. According to Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 243, the item is a "fair copy, with notes and corrections in...

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[Minute-Book of the Penzance Hebrew Congregation (Cornwall), 1864-1892].

1864-1892

Title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 204. Variant titles: Taḳanot ḳehilat Pentsentsi. תקנות קהלת פנצנצי. Pinḳ...

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