May 20, 1803

“Ordinance” issued Archbishop of Cologne [Present-day Germany; Archbishopric of Cologne]: “[…] Jews who are currently given residency (kept) by the (lower) lords (‘Unterherren’) are not to pursue any trade, except to be the subject of such (lower) lords.”
Die Provinzial- und statutarischen Rechte in der preußischen Monarchie. Dargestellt vom wirklichen Geheimen Rath von Kamptz. Zweiter Theil. Die Provinzen: Pommern und Westphalen. (The provincial and legal statutes of the Prussian monarchie. Presented by the true secret council von Kamptz. Second Volume. The provinces: Pomerania and Westphalia.); (Berlin; 1827); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani  5/23/2019