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Singerman ID#supp0158

A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. I, the undersigned, do caution all individuals against a certain little JEW, who wears gold spectacles, who calls himself JAQUE LEVENSTEIN, who goes down town every day, to buy Old Clothes, in the Offices and Exchange

Singerman Entry

Singerman ID#supp0158

De Tonge, Jacob. A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. I, the undersigned, do caution all individuals against a certain little JEW, who wears gold spectacles, who calls himself JAQUE LEVENSTEIN, who goes down town every day, to buy Old Clothes, in the Offices and Exchange ... [New York, 1838]. broadside.

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A public warning that Jacob Levenstyn (not Jaque Levenstein) is a meddling, inquisitive person prying into the business and personal character of others. Dating is based on Longworth’s American Almanac, New- York Register, and City Directory ... [1838-39] (New- York, 1838), p. 391, the only year of this directory that places Levenstyn, a clothier, at the 230 Hudson address given by De Tonge.