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Joseph Simon

1712-1804  

Jewish Pioneer, Indian Trader, Merchant and Religious community leader when Lancaster, Pa. was the frontier of America.   Replete with Bemah,  Ark and Torahs, Simon's home became the synagogue and a magnet for the Jews on the frontier of Pennsylvania.

The marker text reads: Jewish pioneer and merchant, Simon played a significant role in the development of central and western PA.  He participated in expeditions as far as the Mississippi, and helped establish Lancaster as a center for exploration, trade & settlement.  During the American Revolution, Simon supplied the Continental Army with arms and equipment. Simon's home near here was one of the first centers of Jewish worship west of Philadelphia.

 

 


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General U.S. Grant - anti-Semitic order
General Order #11

General order # 11 

 

Considered the worst anti-Semitic Government act in American history. 

Union General Ulysses S. Grant, frustrated by illegal smuggling of cotton for war materials conducted by Northern and Southern speculators, issued General Order #11 from Holly Springs. The order explicitly focused on Jews, anywhere within Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky, whether they were involved in smuggling or not.  

“The Jews, as a ‘class’ violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also Department orders, are hereby expelled from the Department [of the Tennessee] within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order…and any returning…will be arrested.” 

Cesar J. Kaskel, a Jewish Union supporter from Paducah, Kentucky, quickly organized a delegation protesting Grant’s order to meet with President Lincoln. January 4, 1863, Lincoln, recognizing the anti-Semitic character of the order, rescinded it immediately. Ironically, it was four days after he had signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending Slavery.  

The economic impact of the order on Jewish Americans was nominal.  The socio-psychological impact upon Jews and America was much greater.  

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