“General-Order” (‘General-Befehl’) issued by Augustus III of Poland* [Present-day Germany; Electorate of Saxony]: “[We, Frederick August, King [of Poland] and Prince-Elector [of Saxony … have been asked by the head of the Jewry, Bernd Lehmann, to exempt beggar-Jews, Rabbis, wives and minors from the body-tax … however, we have] resolved to except […] children under 10 from the body-tax (‘Leibzoll’), but to otherwise uphold the General-Order of April 4, 1733 […]” [Researcher’s note: *Augustus III of Poland was known in Germany as Frederick Augustus/Friedrich August II.]
Die früheren und gegenwärtigen Verhältnisse der Juden in den sämmtlichen Landesstellen des Preußischen Staats; eine Darstellung und Revision der gesetzlichen Bestimmungen über ihre staats- und privatrechtlichen Zustände. Mit Benutzung der Archive der Ministerien des Innern und der Justiz. Von Ludwig von Rönne, Kammer-Gerichts-Rath und Heinrich Simon, Ober-Landes-Gerichts-Assessor; (Breslau; 1843); (The past and present circumstances of Jews in all parts of the Prussian state; a representation and revision of legal provision regarding their conditions in terms of state and private law. With the use of the archives of the Ministries of the Interior and Justice. By Ludwig von Rönne, Legal Council of the Chamber and Heinrich Simon Upper-State-Court-Assessor) (Wroclaw; 1843); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 5/15/2020