jewish americans George Washington’s Letter to Jewish Americans By behindthescenes.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:24:15 +0000 written by Marci Reaven, Vice President for History Exhibitions In April 1789, when George Washington swore to uphold the Constitution as the first president of the United States, only 11 of the 13 states had voted to join the new union. North Carolina did not ratify the Constitution until that fall, and it took until the... The post George Washington’s Letter to Jewish Americans appeared first on Behind The Scenes. Full Article General George Washington Moses Seixas New-York Historical Society The First Jewish Americans: Freedom and Culture in the New World
