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Abraham Mears Isaacks

Abraham Mears Isaacks (1765-1815), born in Swansea, Massachusetts was a Jewish-American in New York and Charleston. We know very little more about his life and career. If you can add a detail, please contact us.

Yom Kippur prayer during the Yellow Fever epidemic in New York, by Abraham Mears Isaacks (1803)

Contributed on: 04 Jul 2024 by Abraham Mears Isaacks | Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |

“Composed for the Day of Atonement during the Prevalence of the Yellow Fever in New York in 1803,” this prayer was likely composed by Abraham Mears Isaacks (1765-1815). It was published in the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society number 20 (1911), p. 158, as submitted by Rebecca E. Mitchell, one of Isaacks descendants. . . .