Key Judaica interest... Mordecai Noah and his island of Ararat...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 26, 1831



* Mordecai Manuel Noah

* Ararat, City of Refuge



An inside page has a nice report on the ceremonies of the laying of the cornerstone of the city of Ararat. This was the project of Mordecai M. Noah, who is acknowledged to be the first American born Jew to rise to national prominence. His city of Ararat was to be a Jewish homeland in Ameri... See More  

Battle of Bad Axe ends the Black Hawk War... Mordecai Manuel Noah...

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 1, 1832 



* Bad Axe Massacre

* Black Hawk War

* Mordecai Manuel Noah - Jewish



An inside page has: "Affairs With the Indians" takes over a full page and has much detail on what was known as the Battle of Bad Axe, or the Bad Axe Massacre. This was the final battle of the Black Hawk War, marking the end of the war between settlers a... See More  

Battle of Bad Axe ends the Black Hawk War... Mordecai Manuel Noah...

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 1, 1832 



* Bad Axe Massacre

* Black Hawk War

* Mordecai Manuel Noah - Jewish



An inside page has: "Affairs With the Indians" takes over a full page and has much detail on what was known as the Battle of Bad Axe, or the Bad Axe Massacre. This was the final battle of the Black Hawk War, marking the end of the war between settlers a... See More  

Battle of Bad Axe ends the Black Hawk War... Mordecai Manuel Noah...

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 1, 1832  This small size newspaper began in 1811 and was a prime source for national political news of the first half of the19th century. As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period... See More  

Battle of Bad Axe ends the Black Hawk War... Mordecai Manuel Noah...

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 1, 1832  An inside page has: "Affairs With the Indians" takes over a full page and has much detail on what was known as the Battle of Bad Axe, or the Bad Axe Massacre. This was the final battle of the Black Hawk War, marking the end of the war between settlers and the Sauk and Fox tribes under Chief Black Hawk (photos show onl... See More  

The establishment of a Hebrew State...

Mention of Mordecai Manuel Noah...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 27, 1841  The noteworthy content within this issue is a page 2 lengthy account regarding the Jewish congregation is Philadelphia seeking to establish a Hebrew State within the United States.  The article eludes to the fact that this would be done in an attempt to hasten the return of the Messiah.  Also noted is this was not the first attempt.  The te... See More  

Lengthy on the famed Mordecai Manuel Noah...

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 25, 1848  Fully half of the front page is taken up with: "M.M. Noah's Address - Delivered at the Hebrew Synagogue in Crosby St. on Thanksgiving Day, to Aid in the Erection of the Temple at Jerusalem".

Mordecai Manuel Noah was a Jewish leader in America in the first half of the 19th century. In 1820 he tried to establish a Jewish homeland at Grand Islan... See More  

Significant Judaica print...

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York City NY, May 10, 1856



* Significant Judaica print - Jewish

* Mordecai Manual Noah



Large front page illustration: "Our Citizen Soldiery--Uniforms Of The City Guard, N.Y."



Inside has a 4 by 3 inch portrait: "Major Noah" (Mordecai Manual Noah). Also a 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inch illustration: "First Girl's Grammar School In New York."

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Significant Judaica print...

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 10, 1856  The full ftpg. shows: "Uniform of the City Guard, New York". Prints inside include: "Funeral Procession of Capt. Wm. McArdle, N.Y." "Savings Bank New Building, Bleecker St., N.Y."  "Arrival of Mr. Buchanan at the Everett House, New York" "Washington Hall, Bridgeport, Conn." "Crimean H... See More