Excerpt from The Jews in Philadelphia, Prior to 1800 This lecture was prepared for delivery before the Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia, on November 24th, 1883. At the time I had no idea of printing it, but was induced so to do by a number of friends who did not have an opportunity to hear it. I want to acknowledge the very great help that I received from Mr. Westcott's very full "History of Philadelphia." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.