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Susannah Moodie. Moodie wrote "Richard Redpath a Tale" the main character of which is based on a hostile portrayal of George Benjamin. It was published by Richard Bentley in 1853 as part of 'Matrimonial Speculations'

Papers of Sir Mackenzie Bowell (Queen's Univeristy Archives). Bowell, later Prime Minister of Canada, was raised by the Benjamin family and worked at the Intelligencer which he bought from Benjamin.

David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family.

Flyer soliciting subscriptions for "Who Was Who in Canadian Jewry, 1749-1840"

Notes and research for article on "The King vs Moses Gomez and others: Opening the Prosecutor's file over 200 years later" by S&J Godfrey published in 'American Jewish History,' 1992.

Aaron, Isaac (in Montreal 1832).

Cohen, Jacob R., in Montreal 1779.

David, David (1764-1824).

David, Isaac, (b.c.1808) in Montreal 1839.

Dr. James Davidson, Quebec, 1770s.

Franks, David (-1792) in Montreal by 1770s, (brother of John Franks).

Franks, David Salusbury (b.Halifax 1751-d.Philadephia 1793), son ofj John.

Hart, Abraham, Albany, probably a brother of Aaron Hart.

Jacobs, Samuel: Wills.

Jacobs, John Levi, son of Samuel Jacobs was in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) U.C. 1794-96.

Jacobs, Samuel., son of Samuel Jacobs

Joseph, Henry (1775-1832) and family. Joseph, a nephew of Aaron Hart came to Berthier, Quebec with his brothers Judah and Abraham between 1778 and 1790.

Levy, Isaac, Quebec 1760-1783ff.

Levy, Simon, Montreal 1779-1783.

Levi, Joseph, innkeeper, Montreal, 1818.

Manuel(le), Emanuel David, Montreal and Michilimackinac, 1770s. He had married Miriam Judah older sister to Dorothea who married Aaron Hart.

Moss, Hart, master shoemaker, was in Montreal in 1818.

Myers, Hyam of Quebec. Copies of documents from all sources.

Myers, Myer, Silversmith. In Montreal, 1778-1780.

Myers-Cohen, Solomon (1744-96) was in Quebec in 1768. He married Belle, daughter of Joseph Simon of Lancaster Pa.

Piza, David, a hazan, led Montreal's Shearith Israel Congregration from 1840. He left Montreal in 1847.

Seixas family in Montreal about 1800.

Solomon, Elias (1699-1800) lived in Quebec where he was a tutor and teacher.

Solomon, H., furrier was in Montreal in 1832.

Valentine, Isaac D., (1787-1842) Hazan of the Shearith Israel Congregation, married Phoebe Hays (1779-1841), daughter of Andrew Hays of Montreal, in 1820. See Isaac Valentine Will and Phoebe Hays Will.

Valentine, Isaac D., (1787-1842) Hazan of the Shearith Israel Congregation, married Phoebe Hays (1779-1841), daughter of Andrew Hays of Montreal, in 1820. See Isaac Valentine Will and Phoebe Hays Will.

General includes correspondence with Herbert Franks

Herbert Franks - General

Franks Family Papers - General

Records from National Archives Trust Fund Board

Correspondence, Family Papers

Affaires Maritimes, Le Brig Merore

Miscellaneous

Parismes and Villages

Affaires Aaron Art and Sons

International Commerce, Affaires Maritimes, Miscellaneous

International Commerces, [Milons D'Angleterre]

Isaac Abrahams

John Franks, was the first name on the Halifax Allotment, August 1749, left for Philadelphia by 1758, in Quebec by 1760.

Hart, Samuel, jr., (1749-1810) son of Jacob and Esther Hart, took a Christian oath of office and was sworn as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1793.

Hart, Jacob, father of Samuel

Hart, Moses, brother of Samuel

Hart Brothers of Newport. Five Brothers: Naphtali (carried on business in Halifax), Samuel (father of Naphtali, jr.), Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (father of Samuel jr.).

Samuel Jacobs, (d.1786, St.Denis Quebec)receives a land grant at Fort Cumberland 1760 in the part of N.S. later to become New Brunswick.

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Bookplate of Great Britain's Chief Judge, Lord Langdale

Legal document on parchment relating to Langley Manor

Maps of Canadian cities and counties

Morning courier (Montreal)

Montreal witness

The Quebec mercury

Hand-coloured prints of Halifax, Quebec, and Montreal

Map of Gatling and adjacent mines, Hastings Co., Ontario / by R.H. Stretch, accompanied by Sections of veins on Gatling and adjoining properties

Naturalization certificate

Quebec : map of a part of the city, shewing the burnt district

The times (London)

The times weekly edition (London)

The morning courier (Montreal)

The Montreal daily herald and commercial gazette

The Saturday globe (Toronto)

Montreal gazette

The globe weekly edition (Toronto)

Family herald weekly star (Montreal)

Franks Family

Commission appointing William Earl Rowe as Lieutentant Governor

News of the conversion to Christianity of David Franks reaches Philadelphia

Benjamin, Alfred D. (d.1900) and Frank.

Binley, Jacob William, d. of cholera, Kingston U.C. June 30, 1832.

David, Moses, fur trader, b.Montreal 1768, d. Sandwich U.C. 1814

Frey, Jacob, Jewish Congregration Anshe-Sholem of Hamilton, 1863. See references to earlier Freys c.1800: Bernard, Phillip, Hannah.

Head, Sir Francis Bond, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the 1837 Rebellion whose Grandfather was Moses Mendes (d.1758)

Jacobs, Jacob, (b.c.1799), watchmaker in Montreal by 1819, to Kingston by 1821, returned to Montreal c.1823.

Jacob, Moses, (d.1823) Kingston 1793, Prince Edward County c.1800.

Jacobs, Samuel Thomas, Port Hope [Jewish ancestry?].

Joseph, John, (1801-1851) secretary to Sir Frances Bond Head as Lieutenant Governor. Probably son of Simon Joseph of London.

Manuel, Emanuel, husband of Miriam Judah of Montreal was a fur trader in the Upper Country c.1780.

Levy Solomons

Jacob Franks/John Law, War of 1812. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe papers and other sources.

Jacob Franks - Business Career. Copies of archival documents: John Lawe papers and other sources.

James Aird (d. 1819). Joined Jacob Franks, Robert Dickson, Allan Wilmot and George Aird in Dickson&Co.,a fur trade partnership at Michilimackinack, August 1804.

Correspondence with Ken Annett, Quebec City. Researcher on Lawe Family.

Fur trade Passes, 1761

Solomons, Ezekiel, (d.c. 1804, probably at New York).

Levy, Gershom (n.d.)

Mackinac Maps

G. Benjamin

Benjamin, George

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Henry Robert Cohen

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Hyam Lewis, Brighton (1769-1851)

George Benjamin - Collaterals and their descendants. Emmanuel Hyman Benjamin (1832-1914)

George Benjamin General. Includes article in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Obituary, etc.

George Benjamin, Judaism

Susannah Moodie. Moodie wrote "Richard Redpath a Tale" the main character of which is based on a hostile portrayal of George Benjamin. It was published by Richard Bentley in 1853 as part of 'Matrimonial Speculations'

Papers of Sir Mackenzie Bowell (Queen's Univeristy Archives). Bowell, later Prime Minister of Canada, was raised by the Benjamin family and worked at the Intelligencer which he bought from Benjamin.

David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family.

David Spector, Hove England. Shared research project on the Jewish community of Brighton, England and the Cohen family.

Flyer soliciting subscriptions for "Who Was Who in Canadian Jewry, 1749-1840"

Notes and research for article on "The King vs Moses Gomez and others: Opening the Prosecutor's file over 200 years later" by S&J Godfrey published in 'American Jewish History,' 1992.

Aaron, Isaac (in Montreal 1832).

Cohen, Jacob R., in Montreal 1779.

David, David (1764-1824).

David, Isaac, (b.c.1808) in Montreal 1839.

Dr. James Davidson, Quebec, 1770s.

Franks, David (-1792) in Montreal by 1770s, (brother of John Franks).

Franks, David Salusbury (b.Halifax 1751-d.Philadephia 1793), son ofj John.

Hart, Abraham, Albany, probably a brother of Aaron Hart.

Jacobs, Samuel: Wills.

Jacobs, John Levi, son of Samuel Jacobs was in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) U.C. 1794-96.

Jacobs, Samuel., son of Samuel Jacobs

Joseph, Henry (1775-1832) and family. Joseph, a nephew of Aaron Hart came to Berthier, Quebec with his brothers Judah and Abraham between 1778 and 1790.

Levy, Isaac, Quebec 1760-1783ff.

Levy, Simon, Montreal 1779-1783.

Levi, Joseph, innkeeper, Montreal, 1818.

Manuel(le), Emanuel David, Montreal and Michilimackinac, 1770s. He had married Miriam Judah older sister to Dorothea who married Aaron Hart.

Moss, Hart, master shoemaker, was in Montreal in 1818.

Myers, Hyam of Quebec. Copies of documents from all sources.

Myers, Myer, Silversmith. In Montreal, 1778-1780.

Myers-Cohen, Solomon (1744-96) was in Quebec in 1768. He married Belle, daughter of Joseph Simon of Lancaster Pa.

Piza, David, a hazan, led Montreal's Shearith Israel Congregration from 1840. He left Montreal in 1847.

Seixas family in Montreal about 1800.