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 ABSTRACT FROM THE MINUTES. 
 
 1892. 
 
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 REPORT OF ORGANIZATION. 
 
 ABSTRACT FROM THE MINUTES. 
 
 1892. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. 
 1892. 
 
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 LIST OF OFFICEKS, 
 
 President : 
 HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS. 
 
 Vice-PTesidents : 
 DR. CHARLES GROSS, 
 PROF. JOHN B. McMASTER, 
 HON. SIMON W. ROSENDALE. 
 
 Corresponding Secretary : 
 DR. CYRUS ADLER. 
 
 Recording Secretary : 
 HERBERT FRIEDENWALD. 
 
 Treasurer : 
 DR. CYRUS ADLER. 
 
 Additional Members of the Executive Council , 
 MAX COHEN, 
 MENDES COHEN, 
 L. N. DEMBITZ, 
 REV. DR. B. FELSENTHAL, 
 REV. DR. M. H. HARRIS, 
 PROF. M. JASTROW, JR. 
 JULIUS ROSENTHAL, 
 HENRIETTA SZOLD. 
 
 All communications should be addressed to the Corresponding Sec 
 retary, DR. CYRUS ABLER, U. S. National Museum, Washington City, 
 U. S. A. 
 
 PRESS OF THE FRIEDENWALD CO. 
 BALTIMORE. 
 
OBJECTS. 
 
 The object of this Society is to collect and publish material 
 bearing upon the history of our country. It is known that 
 Jews in Spain and Portugal participated in some degree in 
 the voyages which led to the discovery of America, and that 
 there were Jews from Holland, Great Britain, Jamaica and 
 other countries among the earliest settlers of several of the 
 colonies. There were also a number of Jews in the Conti 
 nental army, and others contributed liberally to defray the 
 expenses of the Revolutionary war. Since the foundation of 
 our government a number of Jews have held important public 
 positions. The genealogy of these men and the record of 
 their achievements will, when gathered together, be of value 
 and interest to the historian and perchance contribute mater 
 ially to the history of our country. 
 
 The objects for which this Society was organized are not 
 sectarian but American. The co-operation of students of 
 history and of all persons who have an interest in the work 
 of this Society is cordially invited. 
 
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; ; ;REPORT OF ORGANIZATION. 
 
 t / t (ABSTRACT FEOM THE MINUTES.) 
 
 Pursuant to a call issued by Dr. CYRUS ABLER, about 
 forty persons assembled at the building of the Jewish Theo 
 logical Seminary, No. 736 Lexington Avenue, in the city of 
 New York, on Monday the seventh day of June, 1892, for 
 the organization of the AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 Dr. ABLER called the meeting to order at 4.30 P. M. 
 Professor M. JASTROW, Jr., of the University of Pennsylvania, 
 nominated for chairman the Honorable OSCAR S. STRAUS, 
 who was elected by acclamation, and thereupon took the chair. 
 On assuming the chair Mr. STRAUS addressed the meeting 
 as follows : "Gentlemen : I am very much obliged to you 
 for this honor, because I do regard it as an honor to be con 
 nected with a cause of this kind, and to contribute in what 
 ever degree I may be able toward its advancement. We are 
 entering upon a new field. How rich this field is, probably 
 none of us has an adequate conception. The material that 
 we are to seek is scattered, is disjointed, and covers a long 
 period of time. It is fortunate that at this time, when so 
 much is being done for historical investigation, by reason of 
 the mind being directed back in view of the approaching four 
 hundredth anniversary of the discovery of this country, we 
 meet for the purpose of gathering together what there is in 
 the field that pertains specifically to the Jews as connected 
 with this continent, and thus contribute to the general history 
 of the country." 
 
 On motion of Mr. MAX COHEN, of New York, Dr. ABLER 
 was elected Secretary of the meeting, and in response to a 
 request from the chair, made an introductory statement. 
 Dr. ABLER said : "Before venturing to speak of the scope and 
 object of the work, I will detain you for a moment with the 
 history of the movement so far as I am concerned. As far 
 
back as 1886 (Nov. 12) the Jewish Messenger, of New York, 
 stated editorially that it would be fitting to take some 
 steps in view of the approaching four-hundredth anniversary 
 of the discovery of this continent, to prepare a history of the 
 part which the Jews had played in the discovery, settlement 
 and history of this country. On July 6, 1888, the Rev. Dr. 
 B. FELSENTHAL, of Chicago, suggested to me in a letter that 
 I should undertake the formation of a Jewish Historical 
 Society, whose aim it should be to collect and preserve all 
 the material concerning the history of the Jews and of Judaism 
 in America. He added that in the archives at Washington, 
 in the capitals of the older colonies, in the records of congre 
 gations, and elsewhere, interesting documents might be found, 
 and, if not in extenso, at least a digest of them should be pub 
 lished and thus the material be gathered from which a 
 future historian might write the history of American Israel. 
 At very nearly the same time Mr. MAX COHEN, as librarian 
 of the Maimonides Library, undertook to set npart a series 
 of shelves for the purpose of making collections that bore on 
 the history of the Jews of this country. By reason of these 
 steps, but more especially on account of the letter of Dr. 
 FELSENTHAL, I was inspired to take up this matter. The 
 original circular was sent to 150 persons and elicited 114 
 replies." The Secretary then read the following communi 
 cation : 
 
 The Congregation Shearith Israel 
 
 in the City of New York, 
 Fifth Avenue and Nineteenth St. NEW YORK, May 5, 1892. 
 
 To DR. CYRUS ABLER, 
 
 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 My Dear Sir: The Board of Trustees of this Congregation have 
 learned with profound satisfaction of the movement now going 
 forward looking to the organization of an American Jewish His 
 torical Society, and by reason of this congregation being the most 
 ancient in the United States they feel called upon to bid me convey 
 to you as one of the promoters of the same their assurance of their 
 complete sympathy with the undertaking, and their desire to render 
 to the Society, when formed, all the assistance in their power. 
 
I need scarcely add how glad I am to comply with their instruc 
 tions, and hasten to place myself at your service agreeably thereto. 
 I have the honor to remain, 
 
 Very respectfully your obedient servant, 
 [Signed] N. TAYLOR PHILLIPS, Clerk. 
 
 A letter was also read from Mr. JUSTIN WINSOR, the 
 Librarian of Harvard College, stating that if the Society 
 would give an adequate return in publications for the assess 
 ment fee, Harvard College Library would become a sub 
 scribing member. In conclusion it was suggested that two 
 committees be appointed, one on organization, to include 
 constitution and permanent officers, and the other on plan 
 and scope. 
 
 At the suggestion of Mr. ISIDORE SCHWAB, of Philadel 
 phia, the persons present were requested to register their 
 names, and the following were recorded as being present : 
 Dr. Cyrus Adler, George A. Kohut, 
 
 Charles S. Bernheimer, Rev. M. Kopfstein, 
 
 Hon. Joseph Blumenthal, Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, 
 
 Max Cohen, 
 Philip Cowen, 
 Rev. Dr. B. Drachm an, 
 M. Ellinger, 
 Herbert Friedenwald, 
 Samuel Greenbaum, 
 Dr. Charles Gross, 
 Rev. Dr. M. H. Harris, 
 Daniel P. Hays, 
 Prof. A. S. Isaacs, 
 Hon. Myer S. Isaacs, 
 Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow, Sr., 
 Prof. M. Jastrow, Jr., 
 Rev. Dr. L. Kleeberg, 
 Rev. Dr. K. Kohler, 
 Max J. Kohler, 
 Rev. Dr. A. Kohut, 
 
 Eugene H. Levy, 
 Julius J. Levy, 
 Benno Loewy, 
 Mrs. M. D. Louis, 
 Henry S. Morais, 
 Rev. Dr. S. Morais, 
 Frederick Nathan, 
 N. Taylor Phillips, 
 M. Warley Platzek, 
 Wm. W. Platzek, 
 Louis Schnabel, 
 Isidore Schwab, 
 Hon. A. S. Solomons, 
 Hon. Oscar S. Straus, 
 Cyrus L. Sulzberger, 
 David Sulzberger, 
 Benj. Tuska, 
 
 Henry G. Weil. 
 
Views as to the aim and scope of the Society being called 
 for by the Chair, the Rev. Dr. K. KOHLER, of New York, 
 suggested that the Society should be broad in its member 
 ship and should include persons living on the entire western 
 hemisphere; connections with South America must at once 
 be sought ; the conditions precedent to immigration to this 
 country must be studied in Spain, Portugal and Holland ; 
 the help of those already interested in the subject, as, for 
 example, Judge C. P. DALY, of New York, and Dr. M. 
 KAYSERLING, of Buda-Pesth, should be secured ; that con 
 nections should be had with the various lodges, congrega 
 tions, and the various Territories and States, so that as many 
 workers should be enlisted as possible in this movement, 
 which, if successful, can only arouse self-respect in the Jew 
 himself and raise him in the eyes of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Rev. Dr. S. MORAIS, of Philadelphia, thought that the 
 Society would have more chance of success if it limited itself 
 to the specific object of the study of the history of the Jewish 
 congregations of the United States and the societies that 
 sprang therefrom. 
 
 Dr. CHARLES GROSS, of Harvard College, thought that for 
 the present a middle ground should be occupied. He said : 
 " There is no reason why we should not devote ourselves mainly 
 to the history of the Jews in the United States, consider that 
 to be the central point of our work, and yet not exclude the 
 history of the Jews in South America or even in Europe. 
 That is the policy pursued by the American Historical 
 Association. Nine-tenths of their energy is devoted to the 
 history of the United States, but the Association does not 
 exclude an occasional paper relating to the history of the 
 nations of Europe. I believe that our attention should be 
 mainly concentrated, at any rate at first, upon the history of 
 the Jews of the United States. Perhaps later on we shall 
 see our way to devote much attention to the Jews in South 
 America, and some attention to the Jews in Europe. A great 
 deal has been said about the scope of our work, the history of 
 
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 congregations, societies, etc. I waited in vain to hear a 
 feature of history emphasized which for me is of transcendent 
 importance, though I am greatly interested in the parts of 
 history already alluded to. The matter I have in mind has 
 already been briefly referred to by our chairman. He ex 
 pressed the hope that what we should accomplish would form 
 a part of the history of the United States. For me, the point 
 that is of the greatest importance is the relation of the Jews 
 to the national government. If we can show clearly to the 
 people of the United States what the Jews of this country have 
 done, what they have contributed as citizens of the Republic, 
 we shall accomplish a great work. We shall add not merely 
 to the history of the United States, we shall add greatly to the 
 welfare of the Jews in America. The object of this Society 
 should be to reveal the past of the Jews of this country, the 
 past in all directions, but particular attention should be paid 
 to what the Jews have accomplished as citizens of the United 
 States. It will certainly be made evident that the Jews 
 of this Republic have been ready to offer up life and fortune 
 for their country, that they have been patriots in time of war 
 and philanthropists in time of peace, that they will be patriots 
 and philanthropists in the future as they have been in the 
 past and as they are in the present. If we can once make 
 that plain through the researches of the Society, it seems to 
 me we shall accomplish a great deal. I will not speak 
 to any great extent about particular methods of work. We 
 had better proceed slowly, and not formulate any hard and 
 fast rules at the outset. Experience will soon teach us how 
 we should proceed. Of course there are two general methods 
 that can be adopted in societies of this kind. One is to pub 
 lish what the Germans call Regesten, indicating briefly the 
 materials discovered and the contents of documents. The 
 other is to print documents in full. But it is possible to 
 follow both methods, to publish Regesten, and now and then 
 to publish in full a set of important documents. I doubt 
 whether it would be expedient at the present time to formu- 
 
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 late any scheme regarding the printing of material. I think 
 at the outset we should merely publish papers of interest until 
 we get better acquainted with the material, and then we can 
 adopt some larger scheme of publication." 
 
 Mr. MAX COHEN moved that a committee of five on 
 Organization and a committee of five on Plan and Scope be 
 appointed ; this motion was seconded by DANIEL P. HAYS, 
 Esq., of New York, and, being placed by the Chairman, was 
 adopted. The Chair appointed as the Committee on Organ 
 ization, Dr. CYEUS ABLER, D. P. HAYS, Rev. Dr. S. 
 MORAIS, M. WARLEY PLATZEK, of New York, and DAVID 
 SULZBERGER, of Philadelphia ; and on the Committee on 
 Plan and Scope, Dr. CHARLES GROSS, M. ELLINGER, of 
 New York, Dr. A. S. ISAACS, of New York, Rev. Dr. M. 
 JASTROW, Sr., of Philadelphia, and Rev. Dr. K. KOHLER, 
 of New York. 
 
 Mr. ELLINGER suggested that the only limit to the labors 
 of the Society should be to the history of the Jews having 
 connection with the colonization or the prosperity and civil 
 ization of America ; he hoped that at some future time a 
 library might be established which should contain all the 
 material that could be collected ; he suggested that the 
 Society should meet twice a year. Mr. ELLINGER also called 
 attention to the fact that there have recently appeared in 
 Madrid three volumes by Spanish scholars in which the par 
 ticipation of the Jews in the discovery of America is noted. 
 
 Prof. JASTROW thought that it was of more importance for 
 the present to collect material than to prepare papers ; these 
 materials are stored up in newspapers and in archives in 
 various portions of the country, and we need twenty or thirty 
 persons in various parts of the United States who will take 
 sufficient interest to collect them and bring them together. 
 " We also need/ 7 he said, " to prevent for the future what has 
 taken place in the past the utter disregarding of important 
 events. We need a large number of persons who will take 
 record of these events. Of course it must remain in the 
 
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 judgment of these persons to know what are important events. 
 I would suggest that local historiographers be appointed who 
 will make it their business to see that in the territory assigned 
 to them every important event shall be noted down and sent 
 to the Secretary. It has been suggested by Dr. S. SoLis-CoHEN 
 that this information should be written on paper of a uniform 
 size so that it might be bound together in a convenient shape. 
 The Secretary could then readily prepare a report on the his 
 tory of the Jews during each year which would form a most 
 important and valuable contribution to the historian s stock 
 of materials. The Society should first turn in the direction 
 of the search for materials. There is a great deal more in all % 
 probability than we have any idea of. It would be a worthy 
 way to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of the dis 
 covery of this continent, if by the summer of next year we 
 should have from twenty or twenty-five States a collection of 
 material bearing on the history of the Jews of this country 
 from its settlement down to the present time." 
 
 Rev. Dr. B. DRACHMAE, of New York, objected to limit 
 ing the scope of the Society to America and thought it should 
 be universal. 
 
 Dr. HENRY M. LEIPZIGER, Assistant Superintendent of 
 Public Schools of New York, differed from the preceding 
 speaker. He said : " We will have enough to do for the next 
 thirty or forty years to gather information about the Jews in 
 America alone. I wish to emphasize the apt words of Dr. 
 GROSS, of the influence that the knowledge derived from 
 archives will have upon the people of this country. I 
 remember reading with great pleasure the work of the pre 
 siding officer of this meeting on the influence of the Jews upon 
 the institutions of the land." 
 
 Dr. KOHLER called attention to the work done by Mr. 
 MARKENS in the field of American Jewish History. 
 
 Mr. B. LOEWY, of New York, referred to the work of Mr. 
 HENRY S. MORAIS on the Jews of Philadelphia. 
 
 Mr. EUGENE LEVY, of New York, referred to the collec- 
 
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 tion of material on the Jewish Soldiers in the Wars of the 
 United States, undertaken by Mr. SIMON WOLF. 
 
 Dr. ABLER referred to a suggestion that had been made 
 by Prof. JOHN B. McMASTER, of the University of Penn 
 sylvania, to the effect that a portion of the income of the 
 Society be set apart for the actual prosecution of research, 
 that is to say, a sum of money should be at the disposal of the 
 Society to pay the expenses of trained historical students who 
 will undertake special investigations. Dr. ADLER also called 
 attention to a statement in an unpublished letter of JARED 
 SPARKS, that at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War a 
 Mr. GOMEZ, of New York, proposed to a member of the 
 Continental Congress that he form a company of soldiers for 
 service. The member of Congress remonstrated with Mr. 
 GOMEZ on the score of age, he then being 68, to which 
 Mr. GOMEZ replied that he could stop a bullet as well as a 
 younger man. Dr. ABLER hoped that this incident would 
 be investigated by members of the GOMEZ family. After 
 remarks by Mr. HENRY S. MORAIS a recess was taken. 
 
 The meeting reassembled at 8.30 P. M., and the Chair 
 reviewed the action of the afternoon session for the benefit of 
 those who had not been present. 
 
 Dr. ABLER, on behalf of the Committee on Organization, 
 presented a draft of the Constitution. After being read as a 
 whole, a motion was offered and adopted that the Constitu 
 tion be acted upon section by section. The Constitution as 
 finally adopted is appended to the report. 
 
 The Chair then called upon Mr. PLATZEK to report 
 nominations. 
 
 Mr. PLATZEK reported as follows : President, Hon. 
 OSCAR S. STRAUS, of New York; Vice-Presidents, Dr. 
 CHARLES GROSS, Harvard College ; Prof. JOHN B. 
 McMASTER, University of Pennsylvania ; Hon. SIMON W. 
 ROSENBALE, Albany ; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. CYRUS 
 ABLER, U. S. National Museum ; Recording Secretary, Mr. 
 HERBERT FRIEBENWALB, Philadelphia ; Treasurer, Prof. 
 
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 E. R. A. SELIGMAN,* Columbia College. Additional mem 
 bers of the Council : Mr. MAX COHEN, Mr. MENDES COHEN, 
 of Baltimore, Mr. L. N. DEMBITZ, of Louisville, Prof. M. 
 JASTROW, Jr., Mr. JULIUS ROSENTHAL, of Chicago, and 
 Miss HENRIETTA SZOLD, of Baltimore. 
 
 Mr. LOEWY moved that the number of additional members 
 of the Council be increased from six to eight. Carried. 
 
 On motion of Mr. LOEWY the Secretary was instructed to 
 cast a ballot for the candidates for those offices for which 
 but one nomination had been made, which motion was 
 adopted and the Secretary cast a ballot for the officers named 
 above. 
 
 The Chair announced that election for members of the 
 Council would now proceed, and appointed Mr. PHILIP 
 Co WEN and Mr. MAX KOHLEK as tellers. 
 
 While the tellers were counting the ballots the Chair called 
 for the report of the Committee on Aim and Scope. Dr. 
 GROSS, chairman of the Committee, reported that the Consti 
 tution had been submitted to the Committee and had met with 
 its approval, and that it was deemed unwise at the present 
 time to formulate any specific recommendations. 
 
 Dr. ABLER suggested that it would be appropriate if Dr. 
 M. KAYSERLING, of Buda Pesth, were elected the first honor 
 ary member of the Society. The suggestion was approved by 
 Dr. JASTROW, Sr. and by Dr. KOHUT, and was referred to 
 the Council. 
 
 Mr. COWEN reported on behalf of the tellers the result of 
 the election for members of the Council. Those reported by 
 the Committee on Nominations, and the Rev. Dr. B. FELSEN- 
 THAL, of Chicago, and Rev. Dr. M. H. HARRIS, of New 
 York, were elected. 
 
 On motion of Prof. JASTROW, seconded by Dr. JASTROW, 
 Sr., a vote of thanks was tendered Dr. ADLER for his services 
 in bringing the Society into existence. 
 
 *Prof. Seligman finding himself unable to serve, Dr. Adler was 
 appointed Treasurer temporarily by the Council. 
 
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 On motion of Mr. CYRUS L. SULZBERGER a vote of thanks 
 was tendered the Jewish Theological Seminary for the use of 
 their rooms. 
 
 In the course of some remarks Mr. STRAUS referred to the 
 fact that an eminent scholar abroad is now making investi 
 gations regarding the discovery of this country, and there is 
 no doubt from the reports that have already been received that 
 considerable light will be thrown upon the earliest discoveries 
 of this country by searching the Jewish records of Spain and 
 Portugal. 
 
 Dr. ABLER stated that the American Historical Association 
 would be pleased to have a delegate from the newly formed 
 Society at its meeting in Chicago in the summer of 1893. He 
 also suggested the advisability of holding a meeting in 
 Chicago during the Exposition. 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 I. The name of this Society shall be the "American Jewish 
 Historical Society." 
 
 OBJECTS. 
 
 II. Its object shall be the collection, preservation and 
 publication of material having reference to the settlement 
 and history of the Jews on the American Continent. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 III. Any person approved by the Executive Council may 
 become a member by paying five dollars ; and after the first 
 year may continue a member by paying an annual fee of five 
 dollars. 
 
 On payment of one hundred dollars, any person may 
 become a life member exempt from fees. 
 
 Persons may be elected as honorary members, and be 
 exempt from the payment of fees ; but no honorary member 
 shall be elected except by the unanimous vote of the Execu 
 tive Council. 
 
 Persons not residing in the United States may be elected 
 as corresponding members, and be exempt from the payment 
 of fees. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 IV. The officers shall be a President, three Vice-Presi 
 dents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a 
 Treasurer, and an Executive Council consisting of the fore 
 going officers and of eight other members elected by the 
 Association with the ex-presidents of the Association. These 
 officers shall be elected by ballot at each regular annual meet 
 ing of the Association. 
 
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 COUNCIL. 
 
 V. The Executive Council shall have charge of the general 
 interests of the Association, including the election of members, 
 the calling of meetings, the selection of papers to be read, 
 and the determination of what papers shall be published. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 VI. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds 
 vote at any annual meeting, notice of such amendment having 
 been given at the previous annual meeting, or the proposed 
 amendment having received the approval of the Executive 
 Council. 
 
HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
 Dr. M. Kayserling, Buda-Pesth. 
 
 MEMBERS.* 
 
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 Kev. Dr. I. Aaron, Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Lewis Abraham, Esq., 1211 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
 Prof. H. B. Adams, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 
 Dr. Cyrus Adler, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 
 David Werner Amram, 915 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Clarence K. Arnold, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 B 
 
 Rabbi Henry Berkowitz, 2306 Harrison Street, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 C. S. Bernheimer, 1804 Franklin Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Isaac W. Bernheim, Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Rabbi H. M. Bien, Vicksburg, Miss. 
 
 Hon. Joseph Blumenthal, 151 E. 73d Street, New York. 
 
 Hon. Isidor Bush, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
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 Rev. Dr. Edward N. Calisch, 922 W. Grace Street, Richmond, Va. 
 A. Howard Clark, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 
 Charles J. Cohen, 617 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 D. Solis Cohen, Portland, Or. 
 
 Emanuel Cohen, 313 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Rev. Henry Cohen, Galveston, Texas. 
 
 Max Cohen, 18 E. 91st Street, New York. 
 
 Mendes Cohen, 825 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Myer Cohen, 926 F Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dr. S. Solis Cohen, 219 S. 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Philip Cowen, 498 Third Avenue, New York. 
 
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 Simon Dalsheimer, S. E. corner Eutaw and Baltimore Sts., Balti 
 more, Md. 
 
 Lewis N. Dembitz, Louisville, Ky. 
 Rev. Dr. B. Drachman, 329 E. 51st Street, New York. 
 Moses A. Dropsie, 1316 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 * Corrections to the above list should be sent to the Corresponding Secretary. 
 Nominations for membership should be addressed to the Secretary or to any 
 member of the Council. 
 
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 M. Ellinger, Office of the Surrogate, N. Y. County Court House, 
 
 New York. 
 
 Justus Epstein, Heading, Pa. 
 H. C. Ezekiel, 171 Kichmond Street, Cincinnati, O. 
 
 Rev. Dr. R. Farber, Macon, Ga. 
 
 Rev. Dr. B. Felsenthal, 450 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Moyer Fleisher, 2223 Green Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Dr. Lee K. Frankel, 1315 Marshall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Dr. Aaron Friedenwald, 310 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Herbert Friedenwald, 915 N. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
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 Prof. R. J. H. Gottheil, Columbia College, N. Y. 
 
 Samuel Greenbaum, 170 Broadway, New York. 
 
 Rabbi Moses J. Gries, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Dr. Chas. Gross, 37 Langdon Street, Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 Rev. Dr. L. Grossman, Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Rudolph Grossman, 124 E. 92d Street, New York. 
 
 Rev. Dr. A. Guttmacher, 1804 Bolton Street, Baltimore, Md. 
 
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 Aaron Haas, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Wm. B. Hackenberg, 25 N. 3d Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Rev. Dr. Maurice H. Harris, 10 E. 130th Street, New York. 
 Daniel P. Hays, 9 W. 121st Street, New York. 
 David Hays, Rochester, New York. 
 Rev. S. Hecht, D. D., Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Eli Heller, Altamont Hotel, Baltimore, Md. 
 Rev. Max Heller, 242 Jackson Street, New Orleans, La. 
 Rev. Joseph Herz, Columbus, Miss. 
 Charles Hoffman, 729 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 J. H. Hollander, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 
 David Hutzler, 1628 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Md. 
 Samuel M. Hyneman, 717 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Henry Iliowizi, 1845 N. 18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 Prof. A. S. Isaacs, 2 W. 14th Street, New York. 
 Hon. Myer S. Isaacs, 110 E. 73d St., New York. 
 
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 Miss Corinne Jackson, 1529 John Street, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Eev. Dr. M. Jastrow, 925 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Prof. M. Jastrow, Jr., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Kev. Dr. L. Kleeberg, New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Eev. Dr. K. Kohler, 115 E. 71st Street, New York. 
 
 Max J. Kohler, 115 E. 71st Street, New York. 
 
 Kev. Dr. A. Kohut, 39 Beekman Place, New York. 
 
 George A. Kohut, 39 Beekman Place, New York. 
 
 Kev. M. Kopfstein, Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Jos. Krauskopf, 1537 Diamond Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Manuel A. Kursheedt, 35 Warren Street, New York. 
 
 Eev. Dr. Max Landsberg, Eochester, N. Y. 
 
 Ephraim Lederer, 138 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Dr. Henry M. Leipziger, 324 E. 50th Street, New York. 
 
 Eev. D. S. Leucht, New Orleans, La. 
 
 Leo N. Levi, Galveston, Texas. 
 
 Eugene H. Levy, Press Club, New York. 
 
 Julius Levy, 333 E. 82d Street, New York. 
 
 Isidor Lewinthal, Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Benno Loewy, 174 E. 75th Street, New York. 
 
 Mrs. M. D. Louis, 66 W. 56th Street, New York. 
 
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 Prof. J. B. McMaster, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Louis Marshall, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Eev. L. Mayer, 18 Liberty Street, Alleghany, Pa. 
 
 Eev. Dr. F. de Sola Mendes, 163 W. 73d Street, New York. 
 
 Eev. Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, 6 W. 9th Street, New York. 
 
 Eev. H. J. Messing, 2626 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Simon Miller, 926 Market Street, Philadelphia. 
 
 Henry S. Morais, 546 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Eev. Dr. S. Morais, 546 N. 5th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Lucien Moss, 1631 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
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 F. Nathan, 717 Park Avenue, New York. 
 
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 Kev. Dr. David Philipson, Cincinnati, 0. 
 N. Taylor Phillips, 120 Broadway, New York. 
 M. Warley Platzek, 320 Broadway, New York. 
 Wm. W. Platzek, 11 Lispenard Street, New York. 
 
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 Wm. S. Eayner, Baltimore, Md. 
 
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 Rev. M. Spitz, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
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 Rev. Dr. Joseph Stolz, 412 Warren Avenue, Chicago, 111. 
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 *Hon. Oscar S. Straus, 42 Warren Street, New York. 
 S. J. Strauss, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
 
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