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The Jews of Philadelphia Their History from the Earliest Settlements, to the Present Time - Softcover
Summer season of 1891, Mr. Robert M. Me Wade, the distinguished City Editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, requested that I would furnish for publication in the columns of that popular journal, an article, or a series of articles, descriptive of the Jews and their work, specially in relation to our city. I set about the task, with a view to present facts bearing upon the settlement and subsequent development of the Jewish community in our midst. The result of my endeavors was a series of ten historical articles, contained in the Public Ledger, of July 31st, August 3d, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, September 2d, 4th, 10th, and 12th, 1891. Those articles whatever their merit may have been attracted general attention. The writer felt encouraged in his efforts, notably by the kind words of that good man now, unhappily, no longer with us Mr. George W. Childs, proprietor of the Ledger, and a true friend of many a literary worker. During the continuance, and since the publication, of that series of articles, numerous were the requests that the subject treated might be enlarged upon, so as to embrace, as far as possible, a complete record of Israelites in Philadelphia, from their first arrival until a recent date. In the attempt to comply with those requests, the writer had not sufficiently realized the immensity of the work involved. To perform such labor single-handed, required more than ordinary perseverance. Besides, the field had not been gone over. With the exception of Mr.
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