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Uriah P. Levy Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-43
Abstract
Uriah Phillips Levy rose to the rank of Commodore in the United States Navy despite religious hostility. He succeeded in abolishing corporal punishment in the Navy, and is credited for preserving Thomas Jefferson's estate, Monticello. His papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal records, publications, papers, newspaper articles, a notebook, and a book.
Dates:
undated, 1787-1948, 1959, 1961, 1985, 2005
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
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- Correspondence 24
- Antisemitism 21
- Clippings (information artifacts) 19
- Photographs 16
- United States 10
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- Manuscripts (documents) 8
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- Articles 7
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- Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 4
- American Federation of Jews from Central Europe 3
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- City University of New York. City College 3
- National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 3
- Strauss, Herbert Arthur 3
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- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 2
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- Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews 2
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- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 2
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