Merchant of Philadelphia, Pa., who, about 1777, signed an agreement to take the colonial paper currency sanctioned by King George III. in place of gold and silver. He left Philadelphia for Europe in 1785.
Bibliography:
- H. P. Rosenbach, The Jews in Philadelphia Prior to 1800, p. 12, Philadelphia, 1883.
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