Chapter I: Front Matter

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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
DEDICATED
TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
BY THE
ORDER B’NAI B’RITH)

EZEKIEL’S STATUE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
IN FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA.

HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA

From the Period of the Discovery of The New World to the Present Time

by

PETER WIERNIK

New York The Jewish Press Publishing Company 1912

Copyright, 1912 By the Jewish Press Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved