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The History of Ali Cogia. The Moral Contained in This Interesting Story ought to be Impressed on the Mind of Every Magistrate. To which is Added the Story of Cogia Hassan Alhabbal, thus Translated for the use of Country Gentlemen, Merchant Hassan, Rope Maker, of Baghdad.

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Singerman ID#supp0031

The History of Ali Cogia. The Moral Contained in This Interesting Story ought to be Impressed on the Mind of Every Magistrate. To which is Added the Story of Cogia Hassan Alhabbal, thus Translated for the use of Country Gentlemen, Merchant Hassan, Rope Maker, of Baghdad. Salem, [N.Y.]: Printed by Dodd and Rumsey, for Webster & Skinner, Albany, 1808. 108 p.

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The owner of a diamond (or was it really glass?) discovered in the belly of a fish offered it to a Jewish woman and her husband, a jeweler, in a failed attempt to negotiate a sale. S & S 15239.