How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

Locations vary, ca. 1820s-1960s. Comprising over 40 items, including books, pamphlets, newspapers, government reports, printed invoices, etc., as well as three press photos. Publications relate to Zionism or Jewish American immigrants, their businesses, celebrations, and more. Notable content includes: The Anglo-Saxon, March 1899, issue "Devoted to the Identity of the Anglo-Saxon Race with the House of Israel..."; The Jewish Daily Bulletin, April 18, 1929, featuring an article on Albert Einstein; various Jewish publications such as The Jewish Mail, Yugnt, The Workmen's Circle, Young Maccabee, Digest and Review...of the American Jewish Congress, Zionist Organization of America, and others (1930s-50s); an 1893 Congressional Report recognizing the service of Haym Solomon during the American Revolution; Jewish Buyers' Guide, Spring 1954, etc.; Size and condition vary, generally very good.

The first immigrant to the Americas of Jewish descent, Luis de Carabajal y Cueva, arrived at what is now Texas in 1570. During the lead-up to American independence around 2,000 Jews lived in the colonies, many of them supportive of the Patriotic cause. In a 1790 letter to a Jewish congregation, President George Washington wrote, "May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in the land continue to merit and enjoy the goodwill of the other inhabitants. While everyone shall sit safely under his own vine and fig-tree and there shall be none to make him afraid." Jewish immigration increased during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, largely to escape European persecution, and following the Second World War many more European Jews emigrated to the United States.