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Singerman ID#supp1260

Journal and Letters of the late Samuel Curwen, Judge of Admiralty, etc., an American Refugee in England, from 1775 to 1784, comprising Remarks on the Prominent Men and Measures of that Period. To which are added, Biographical Notices of many American Loyalists and other Eminent Persons, by George Atkinson Ward ...

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Singerman ID#supp1260

Curwen, Samuel. Journal and Letters of the late Samuel Curwen, Judge of Admiralty, etc., an American Refugee in England, from 1775 to 1784, comprising Remarks on the Prominent Men and Measures of that Period. To which are added, Biographical Notices of many American Loyalists and other Eminent Persons, by George Atkinson Ward ... New-York: C. S. Francis; Boston: J. H. Francis, 1842. 578 p.

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Curwen’s entry on April 6, 1776 (p. 52) captures his visit to London’s Portuguese synagogue; he also comments on Tiberian pointing ("the common people cannot read the Pentateuch without points ..."). A variant ed. exists with imprint: London: Wiley & Putnam; New York: C. S. Francis; Boston: J. H. Francis, 1842. Rinderknecht 42-1375.