Feb. 13, 1777

“Ordinance” issued by Adolphus Fredrick (‘Adolf Friedrich’) IV [Archduchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Present-day Germany]: “All border authorities and state/land/country administrative officers (‘Gränzobrigkeiten und Land- und Amtsreuter’) shall make sure (keep a watchful eye) that foreign, unescorted beggar-Jews and sick-Jews (‘Bettel- und kranke Juden’) are not allowed to come in across the border but that they are turned back.”
Repertorium der in den Herzogthum Mecklenburg-Strelitz geltenden Verordnungen. Herausgegeben von Kanzley-Rath von Kamptz zu Neustrelitz. (“Repertory of the valid/issued ordinances in the Duchy of Meckenburg-Strelitz. Edited by Legal Council of Kamptz of Neustrelitz.”); (Neubrandenburg; 1794); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 11/6/2018