Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the Fifty-Fourth Session of the Legislature, Begun and Held at the City of Albany. Printed by E. Croswell, Albany, 1831. English.
Volume binding the laws of NY State from 1831.
One of the laws regularizes the establishment of a charity organization named The society for the education of poor children and relief of indigent persons of the Jewish persuasion, and determines its rights and obligations. In one section, the names of the organization members are mentioned that includes Mordechai Manuel Noach, a journalist, diplomat, lawyer, judge and sheriff, an American Jew who was active in establishing a city of refuge for Jews (Ararat) in Grand Island, NY. 487 pp. 23 cm. Good condition. Stains, tears to leaf margins. Some sheets are uncut.