the first Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Cemetery in New York (1656-1833)

 the first Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Cemetery in New York (1656-1833)
55 - 57 St James Pl, New York, NY 10038, USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Shearith_Israel_Graveyard
 

 

 the First Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Shearith Israel in the City of New York
(1656 - 1833)

This tablet marks what remains of the first Jewish Cemetery in the United States consecrated in the year of 1656, when it was described as "outside the city)
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During the war of the revolution it was fortified by the patriot as one of the defenses of the city
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 Erected in 1903 under the auspicious of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and of The American Jewish Historical Society

in memory of Isaiah Ellis, departed of this life the 8th of October 1798