[Rarebooks] FS: Legal document from the Jewish sheriff of New York in 1821

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(LAW) Noah, Mordecai. [Signed Legal Document]. New York: November, 1821. Oblong 8vo. Partly printed, with details completed in manuscript. Some old soiling. Signed on verso by "M. M. Noah" as Sheriff.	$500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Mordecai Noah (1785-1851) was an early American Jewish politician, journalist, playwright, and philanthropist. It is not well known that he served as the Sheriff of New York from late 1821 through 1822. This document requires, "12 free and lawful men," as jurors for a case during December.


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