1To George Washington from Jonas Phillips, 7 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
With leave and Submission I address my Self To those in whome there is wisdom understanding and knowledge. they are the honorable personages appointed and Made overseers of a part of the terrestrial globe of the Earth, Namely the 13 united states of america in Convention Assembled, the Lord preserve them amen. I the subscriber being one of the people called Jews of the City of Philadelphia, a...