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christian converts from judaism -- england -- london -- history -- sources.2
great fire, london, england, 1666 -- sources.2
jews -- england -- london -- history -- sources.2
cecil roth -- correspondence.1
cecil roth -- research papers.1
manuscripts, english -- 17th century -- texts.1

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London (England)2
Chichester (England)1

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7th Earl of Huntingdon1
Ben Samuel, Jacob1
Hastings, Theophilius (1650-1701)1
Jacob Ben Samuel1

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Archive Judaica File

[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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Archive Judaica Item

[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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