(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).
E. Porter Belden. New York, Past, Present and ...

E. Porter Belden. New York, Past, Present and Future. * Bound with: New York, As It Is. And: The American Advertiser.

First Edition. Folded map; over 20 illustrations, including illustrated title page and frontispiece. Two additional illustrations in second work. Advertiser replete with merchant’s illustrations. Three works bound together: pp. 124, 24, 180. Foxing and light staining. Original boards, broken. 8vo.

John P. Prall, New York: 1849.

As part of a comprehensive overview of all things related to “America’s Greatest Metropolis,” this volume, in its section on Religion and Morals includes a brief history of the Jews in New York to that point, and a listing of the ten extant synagogues in Manhattan at the time (p. 79.) In addition, the 180 page advertising supplement contains numerous examples of goods and services provided by merchants whose names suggest Jewish extraction.