“Rescript issued by the (Prussian) Ministry of the Interior addressed to the royal government of Cologne [Present-day Germany, Poland, Lithuania; Kingdom of Prussia]: “The royal government of Cologne is advised regarding permissions for Jews to settle and to pursue trade […] that the decree from March 17, 1808, is to find application in all matters pertaining to Jews in the Rhine-provinces […] and that the royal government is determined to see this decree is applied closely and to permit the presence or settlement of Jewish-families only according to the conditions set forth in it […]”
Heinemann, Jeremiah: Sammlung der die religiöse und bürgerliche Verfassung der Juden in den königlich Preussischen Staaten betreffenden Gesetze, Verordnungen, Gutachten, Berichte und Erkenntnisse (Collection of laws, ordinances, evaluations, reports, and findings regarding the religious and civil Constitution of Jews in the Prussian States). (Berlin, 1835); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 6/3/2020