Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah, Ga.)

The collection consists of transcripts from the records of the congregation, 1790-1791; a copy of an 1849 statute of the State of Georgia relating to the congregation; and several publications and newspaper clippings on the history of the congregation. The transcripts also record important dates in the history of the congregation from 1733 to 1904.

Collection consists of one item, the June 19, 1790 issue of the Gazette of the United States. Within this issue, an address made by Levi Sheftal, President of the Hebrew Congregation of Savannah, GA to President Washington was printed alongside President George Washington's reply.