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1. Full Date of Act	May 12, 1739
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by Johann Adolf von Metsch* on behalf of Charles VII
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Holy Roman Empire
4. Text of Act	[…] no craftsman, whose annual worth is less than two thousand Gulden shall enter into a debenture/[debt] with a Jew except in court [… Jews] are not to take/charge more interest than legally permitted […] and citizens are ordered to report [any such violation] according to their oath of citizenship [to the authorities…]
5. Source	Sammlung der Verordnungen der Reichsstadt Frankfurt von Joh. Conr. Beyerbach. Erster Theil. (Collection of ordinance of the Imperial City of Frankfurt by Joh. Conr. Beyerbach. First part.); (Frankfurt am Main; 1798);
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8. Notes	Researcher Johann Adolf von Metsch was the Imperial-Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 1, 1739
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Customs Ordinance, issued by Carl VI, Holy Roman Emperor, for the Duchy of Silesia
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	27. Since Jews always gain large profits from Christian merchants, and it is thus only just to make an appropriate difference between the two; therefore, of all the customs fees and duties that are the same for residents and foreigners, the Jews shall pay one-and-a-half times as much, although they shall be exempted from the additional one-half, if the goods have been imported by another Jew, who therefore already paid twice the regular import tax.
5. Source	Prussia (country) [no author]. Sammlung aller in dem souverainen Herzogthum Schlesien und der demselben incorporirten Grafschaft Glatz in Finanz-, Polizey-Sachen etc. ergangenen und publicirten Ordnungen, Edicte, Mandate, Rescripte etc. (Collection of all ordinances, edicts, mandates rescripts etc. issued and published in the sovereign duchy of Silesia and its incorporated earldom of Glatz, in matters of finance, policing etc.). Korn: Breslau, 1788. Page 455.
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8. Notes	Editor Present-day Poland, Germany, Czech Republic

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 12, 1739
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Judenordnung (Jewish Regulation) issued by Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
3. Geography of Act	Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
4. Text of Act	1. In those places where no Jews lived before, no one should be admitted in the future either. … 4. Every Jew seeking protection should have at least 500 Rthl. [Reichsthaler] in their assets. … 5. No Jew should be admitted without [being] issued by the sovereign's letter of protection or a certificate of tolerance issued ad interim by the Rent Chamber. … 6. All Jews over the age of 14 must swear their loyalty to the sovereign. … 7. Every year on the first day of May, every local authority must send a list of all Jewish persons who are under their jurisdiction to the government and Rent Chamber. … 9. Beggars and other suspicious Jews are not to be tolerated at all, but foreign, non-suspected ones are to be tolerated with the prior knowledge of the authorities for a set period of time. Jews who cannot pay customs are considered beggars and are not even to be allowed into the country. … 11. Married Jewish children are not tolerated without letters of protection, and the same applies to their marriages and copulations with Jews. … 12. Protected Jews should not live with Christians or keep Christian servants … 13. Jews should not insult or blaspheme the Christian religion, much less show hostility to those who convert to the Christian religion. … 18. Maleficence and embarrassing matters are not to be brought before a Rabbi and settled before him. Jews are not to settle anything among themselves that is to be judged by the authorities or is pending before the authorities, nor are they to settle or decide it through the Rabbi. … 25. Jews should write and sign all bills of exchange and other commercial documents in German with German letters, and should never use any other name than that contained in the letter of protection. … 26. The Jews are permitted to buy yarn, hides and leather, and also slaughter animals in a certain way. But the brewing of beer for sale is completely forbidden.
5. Source	“Judenordnung aus dem Jahr 1739, erlassen durch Friedrich, König von Schweden und Landgraf zu Hessen-Kassel, [Jewish Ordinance of 1739, issued by Frederick, King of Sweden and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel],” Hüter & Harmes, 1739, p. 1-35, available from digam.net.
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8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Taxation of Jews under Maria Theresa" issued by Empress Maria Theresa
3. Geography of Act	Habsburg Empire
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) "In 1744 an annual "tolerance tax" of 20,000 guilders was levied on them. It was gradually increased, until it amounted to an annual sum of 160,000 guilders at the beginning of the 19th century" "Middle Ages to the Ottoman Conquest;" porges.net; "Under Maria Theresa (1740–1780);" wikipedia.org
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 20, 1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	General Rescript concerning the expulsion of Jews from the country and the prohibition of business dealings with them.
3. Geography of Act	Duchy of Württemberg
4. Text of Act	In accordance with … [the] resolution of April 18, 1739, it is decreed that all Jews are now to be expelled from the country and that in the future … [there shouldn’t be] any trading or contracting with them.
5. Source	A. L. Reyscher (ed.), “Vollständige, Historisch und Kritisch Bearbeitete Sammlung der Württembergischen Gesetze [Complete, Historically and Critically Edited Collection of Württemberg Laws],” Volume 6, Tübingen, 1835, p. 450, available online from archive.org.
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8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 22, 1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Jewish Ornament and Garment Ordinance” issued by Bishop Claude de Saint Simon
3. Geography of Act	France
4. Text of Act	[…] adults and young (Jewish) men are not permitted to wear a wig with curls. Those, however, who return from a journey, are allowed to go through the ghetto wearing the wig with curls, which they used on their trip. However, when they come home they must change it; if they have no other in the house they are given three days to get another.*
5. Source	Rader Marcus, Jacob and Marc Saperstein: The Jews in Christian Europe. (2015)
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8. Notes	Researcher On trips Jews often dressed like gentiles to avoid being harassed. The ordinance was aimed at the Jewish population and was originally issued in Hebrew.

1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 4, 1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Edict, issued by George II of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	1. No unprotected Jew in Brunswick or Lüneburg may sell anything at the annual markets, nor door to door. 2. Outside of the annual markets, no Jew may trade in the cities of which he not a resident. 3. A transiting Jew may not stay in any town longer than 24 hours, while refraining from all trade. 4. A Jew who violates this edict shall be subjected to hard imprisonment with only bread and water; for the second offense, he shall be sentenced to hard labor in a quarry.
5. Source	“Ihrer Königl. Majestät von Groß-Britannien, und Churfürstliche Durchl. zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg, etc. etc. … [His Royal Highness of Great Britain, and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, etc. etc. …],” 4/4/1740; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 103; Leo Baeck Institute.
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 8, 1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree restricting Jewish residence and enforcing taking of protection money.
3. Geography of Act	Prince-Bishopric of Speyer
4. Text of Act	Because we have had to admit that, to the greatest detriment of the sovereignty and the country, and also of our Jewish community itself, our protected Jews keep not only their children, but also other foreign Jews with them for a long time and almost always without protection under all kinds of circumstances, and thus also engage in trade and commerce, whereby the number of Jews increases more to the detriment of the country and without the slightest benefit of the sovereignty or the public,… henceforth … 1. From the age of 25, every unmarried son should pay the full amount of the protection [money] every year without fail, until he leaves the country, with written permission from the sovereign and payment of the deduction: [this is] of course, as long as he is single whether his father is still alive or not. But should … 2. A Jewish son can marry with the permission of the sovereign, no matter how old, as can a daughter, in or outside the country, [but] they are not allowed to stay with their parents for longer than 4 or at most 6 weeks [after marriage] under penalty of a heavy fine.
5. Source	“Sammlung der Hochfürstlich-Speierischen Gesetze und Landesverordnungen vom Jahr 1719 bis 1743 [Collection of the High Princely Speyer Laws and State Ordinances from 1719 to 1743],” Part 2, Bevern, 1788, pp. 202-203, available from archive.org.
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8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 11, 1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by the Pomeranian government*
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	His Royal Majesty have graciously resolved a) to leave it at the pre-determined number of 40 Jewish-families in the domains of Farther-Pomerania and Cammin, however, as per regulation from September 13, 1735, and November 7, 1737, those Jewish-children, who are covered by their parent’s privilege (‘Privilegia’) and are therefore given concessions/permits […] must be engaged in the same trade, since otherwise, the number of [the permitted] 40 families would be exceeded […].
5. Source	David Friedrich Quickmannen, Justiz-Burgemeisters zu Treptow an der Rega - Ordnung oder Samlung derer in dem königlichen preußischen Herzogtum Pommern und Fürstentum Camin, bis zu Ende des 1747sten Jahres, publicirten Edicten, Mandaten und Rescripten, in Justiz-Policey- Militair- Lehn- Forst- Post- Zoll- Accise, Steuer- Manufactur- und Oeconomie-Sachen etc. (Frankfurt an der Oder; 1750); (David Friedrich Quickmannen, judiciary mayor of Trzebiatów - Listing or collection of all edicts, mandates, and rescripts pertaining to matters related to law, police, military, loan, forestry, post, customs, tolls, taxes, manufacturing and economy issued in the royal Prussian Duchy in Pomerania and Principality/Bishopric of Cammin until the end of the year 1747.) (Frankfurt (Oder); 1750)
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8. Notes	Editor Present-day Germany, Lithuania, Poland etc. Researcher Signed in Stattin by von Rapin and Dircks.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 22, 1740
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Senate Order on the prevention of Jewish trade on Sundays and public holidays at Hamburger Hill.
3. Geography of Act	Free Imperial City of Hamburg
4. Text of Act	The Lieutenant General and Commandant [is] to order the guard on the Hamburg Hill to ensure that the Jews do not sell any goods there on Sundays and holidays, nor do they go peddling them. … To order Mr. Pauli (as lord of the land on the Hamburg Hill) … not to tolerate the Jews offering goods for sale on the Hamburg Hill on Sundays and public holidays, and if he is not in a position to prevent this on his own, to call the guard for help.
5. Source	“Sammlung der von Einem Hochedlen Rathe der Stadt Hamburg so wol zur Handhabung der Gesetze und Verfassungen als bey besonderen Eräugnissen ... welcher die Verfugungen von 1731 bis 1750 [Collection of the Regulations issued by a High Noble Council of the City of Hamburg for the Administration of Laws and Constitutions as well as for Special Events ... which contain the Regulations from 1731 to 1750,]” Volume 3, J. C. Piscator, Hamburg, 1764, p. 1367, available from archive.org.
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8. Notes	Translator The text of this Act is available in German in the source above. It was translated using Google translate.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 7, 1741
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” issued by Prince-Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
4. Text of Act	Beggar and other poor-Jews (‘Bettel- und andere Schnurr-Juden’) are not to be permitted to enter the cities of the Hoch-Stift* and lordships.
5. Source	Wirzburgische Chronik derer lezteren Zeiten von P. Ignacio Gropp. (Wirzburg; 1750); (Chronicle of Würzburg’s past by P. Ignacio Gropp.); (Würzburg; 1750);
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8. Notes	Researcher Schnurr-Juden was another term used to refer to poor/beggar-Jews. *A Hochstift was an independent territory within the Holy Roman Empire.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 11, 1741
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by Prince-Bishop Clemens
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
4. Text of Act	[…] the lease of immobile goods/real estate (‘liegende Güter’) to Jews shall only happen through/in court. […] Jewish servants are prohibited to do business/trade on their own.
5. Source	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);
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1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 16, 1741
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Edict” issued by Prince-Bishop Clemens
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn
4. Text of Act	Jews are prohibited to trade with grain of all kinds.
5. Source	Schriftenreihe des Evangelischen Forums Westfalen und der Evangelischen Stadtakademie Bochum. Jüdische Vielfalt zwischen Ruhr und Weser. Band 7. Herausgegeben von Manfred Keller und Jens Murken; (Series of written Evangelical forums of Westphalia and the Evangelical City Academy, Bochum. Jewish diversity between the Ruhr [region] and Weser. Volume 7. Published by Manfred Keller and Jens Murken); (Berlin; 2012/2013);
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8. Notes	Researcher The original document can be found in the State Archive of North Rhine-Westphalia, Department Westphalia Fürstentum Paderborn, Edicts; Volume I.

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 1, 1741
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order of the Swedish Parliament expelling Jews from the Kingdom
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Sweden
4. Text of Act	It is strictly forbidden that all loose people coming in from abroad, who do not understand and practice any lowly and useful art, handicrafts, or other activities, should not be tolerated in the kingdom from now on, but it is also forbidden that all Jews,… with their ungodliness, divinations, lies and trickery,… should be sent to the border towns, or other places, in the cities and in the country, wherever they can be caught, and should be expelled from the Kingdom as soon as possible.
5. Source	Hugo Valentin, “Urkunder Till Judarnas Historia i Sverige [Records for the History of the Jews in Sweden],” Albert Bonniers, Stockholm, 1924, p. 14, available from runeberg.org.
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8. Notes	Researcher The text of this Act is available in Swedish in the source above. Translator It was translated into English by Rodi Adelsson.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 24, 1741
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Royal Resolution in response to the Pomeranian War- & Domain-Chamber’s…report from August 10 regarding Jewish-elders in Pomerania…on behalf of His Royal Majesty’s most-gracious special order"*
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act	1) That it’s cause for concern/disconcerting to permit the oldest son of a Jew, who is to eventually receive his father’s privilege, to engage in trading alongside his father in another house, since Jewish-trade would multiply to the detriment of Christian businessmen. 2) That the other Jewish-children, who are not to be included in their parent’s protection-letters as per the General-Jewish-Privilege (‘General-Juden-Privilegio’), shall remain unwedded until they find an opportunity to get married to an [already] escorted/privileged Jew or attain their own permits. 3) That the application and/for concessions/permits shall be addressed to the royal court whenever a Jew wishes to purchase his own home. 4) The prohibition to peddle on the countryside remains in effect […] 6) Jews must have their cattle […] slaughtered by a Christian butcher […] and if the cut goes wrong, concede all of the meat to the Christian-butchers. […]
5. Source	David Friedrich Quickmannen, Justiz-Burgemeisters zu Treptow an der Rega - Ordnung oder Samlung derer in dem königlichen preußischen Herzogtum Pommern und Fürstentum Camin, bis zu Ende des 1747sten Jahres, publicirten Edicten, Mandaten und Rescripten, in Justiz-Policey- Militair- Lehn- Forst- Post- Zoll- Accise, Steuer- Manufactur- und Oeconomie-Sachen etc. (Frankfurt an der Oder; 1750); (David Friedrich Quickmannen, judiciary mayor of Trzebiatów - Listing or collection of all edicts, mandates, and rescripts pertaining to matters related to law, police, military, loan, forestry, post, customs, tolls, taxes, manufacturing and economy issued in the royal Prussian Duchy in Pomerania and Principality/Bishopric of Cammin until the end of the year 1747.) (Frankfurt (Oder); 1750)
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8. Notes	Researcher Signed in Berlin by v. Görne, v. Viereck, v. Happe, v. Boden - all of who were ministers under Frederick William I of Prussia.

1. Full Date of Act	1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order issued by Empress Maria Theresa
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) “When in 1742 a heavy tax was imposed upon the Jews of Moravia, the exertions of Eskeles and Baron d'Aguilar secured its annulment by Maria Theresa." A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Custom of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day; The Jewish Encyclopedia (January 1906) Volume V. p. 223
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1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 18, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Edict, issued by the City Council of Frankurt/Main
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Whereas the Most Honorable, Most Noble Men of the Holy Roman Empire present on Election Day, the Royal Princes, have indicated to this Council that they have resolved to elect a new Roman King and future Emperor, on the nearest Wednesday, the 24th of January; This Council orders all non-residents to leave this city by sundown on this Tuesday, the 23rd, and that no citizen shall give shelter to such strangers. The protected Jews of this city shall not be found on the street during this time of a royal election, but shall remain quietly in their homes, so that this Council will have no occasion to punish any offenders.
5. Source	“Demnach der Hochwürdigsten Durchlauchtigsten des Heil Röm. Reichs bey gegenwärtigem Wahl-Tag anwesender hoher Herren Churfürsten etc. … [Whereas the Most Honorable, Most Noble Men of the Holy Roman Empire present on Election Day, the Royal Princes etc. …],” 1/18/1742; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 118; Leo Baeck Institute.
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 26, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by the government of the Prince-Bishopric
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
4. Text of Act	[It is outlined in detail in what way various contracts between Christians and Jews are to be protocoled and that contracts of cattle are to be properly reported and registered with the local authorities …], however, and specifically, all trade between Christians and Jews that involve half a cattle is strictly prohibited, and all existing contracts are to be modified within one year and one day, or be deemed null and void otherwise and not-binding, and not to be tolerated and punishable to both.
5. Source	Blätter für Rechtsanwendung zunächst in Bayern, gegründet von Johann Adam Seyffert und Christian Carl Glück. Neue Folge XVII Band. (Papers regarding the application of law first for Bavaria, compiled by Johann Adam Seyffert und Christian Carl Glück. New edition XVII Volume.); (Erlangen; 1872)
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1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 10, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Rescript” (‘königl. Rescriptum’) issued “on behalf of his all-gracious Majesty” and addressed to the Pomeranian War- & Domain-Chamber (‘Kriegs- und Domainen-Cammer’)*
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act	We [Frederick, King of Prussia …] announce/order you herewith in response to your […] recent report from July 7, regarding the petition of the protected Jew Bernd Philipp of Slawno to [be permitted to] cut [and sell] items made of wool on the annual markets the following: […] because this would go against the privileges of the Christian businessmen and garment-tailors, the Jew* […] is to be content with cutting and selling domestic items made of wool in Slawno (‘Schlawe’) only.
5. Source	David Friedrich Quickmannen, Justiz-Burgemeisters zu Treptow an der Rega - Ordnung oder Samlung derer in dem königlichen preußischen Herzogtum Pommern und Fürstentum Camin, bis zu Ende des 1747sten Jahres, publicirten Edicten, Mandaten und Rescripten, in Justiz-Policey- Militair- Lehn- Forst- Post- Zoll- Accise, Steuer- Manufactur- und Oeconomie-Sachen etc. (Frankfurt an der Oder; 1750); (David Friedrich Quickmannen, judiciary mayor of Trzebiatów - Listing or collection of all edicts, mandates, and rescripts pertaining to matters related to law, police, military, loan, forestry, post, customs, tolls, taxes, manufacturing and economy issued in the royal Prussian Duchy in Pomerania and Principality/Bishopric of Cammin until the end of the year 1747.); (Frankfurt (Oder); 1750)
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8. Notes	Researcher Signed in Berlin by v. Görne, v. Viereck, v. Happe, v. Boden who were all ministers under Frederick William I of Prussia. This rescript pertains to Bernd Philipp as well as to Jews in general.

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 3, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Cabinets-Order to the Director General issued by King Fredrick II of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Prussia
4. Text of Act	Regal ordinance commanding that the law which prohibits Jews to trade from door-to-door is to be implemented. [It is commanded that proper] actions are to be taken against foreign Jews who sneak in[to the country].
5. Source	Stern, Selma: Der Preussische Staat und die Juden, (The Prussian State and the Jews) Dritter Teil, 2. Akten, 1. Halbband (1971) Page 5.
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1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 23, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Rescript, issued by Christian VI, King of Denmark and Norway, to the Diocesan Commander of Lolland
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Denmark
4. Text of Act	The elders of the Jewish families in Nakskov shall be instructed to report not only all foreign and impoverished Jews, but also those who are accepted into the service of another Jew, upon arrival and in writing, to the mayor there […] and, when they depart again, to sign their passports, all under penalty of 4 lots of silver, each time this is neglected, to be paid by the elders; since those who house or hide such Jewish foreigners […] must be punished by the law (Section 562, Art. 21), the same as those who shelter outlaws.
5. Source	Cohen, Asser Daniel. De Mosaiske troesbekjenderes stilling i Danmark forhen og nu: historisk fremstillet i et tidsløb af naesten 200 aar, tilligemed alle lovsteder og offentlige foranstaltninger dem angaande, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836. (The position of the Mosaic believers in Denmark, before and now: historically produced over a period of nearly 200 years, as well as all laws and public measures relating to the same which were published from 1651 to 1836). Forfatterens: Odense (Denmark), 1837. Page 28.
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8. Notes	Researcher 1. Lolland is the fourth-largest island of Denmark. 2. A “lot” is an obsolete unit of weight, equivalent to ca. 15 grams, or slightly more than a half-ounce.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 27, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Administrative Ordinance, issued by the City Council of Frankfurt
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	3. Especially the Jews shall be kept under close watch, to prevent them from surreptitiously smuggle any cattle, horses, or sheep into areas where there is an outbreak of disease among these animals. 5. At those times [of disease], animal sales are only permitted by persons above suspicion, whereas Jews, in particular, are forbidden to enter any stalls. 17. During such epidemics among horned animals, sheep and swine, nobody shall allow the Jews to slaughter an animal, unless the animal has been offered food, accepted it, and has been inspected by specially trained inspectors.
5. Source	“General-Instruction an alle Schultheisen und Beambte [General Instructions to all city executives and officials],” 11/27/1742; Decrees Collection; AR 379; Box 1; Folder 22; Leo Baeck Institute.
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 2, 1742
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Ukase*" ("an imperial Russian Decree") of Czarina Elisabeth
3. Geography of Act	Russian Empire
4. Text of Act	[…] Jews are forbidden to live anywhere in our realm; now it has been made know to us, that these Jews still find themselves in our realm and, under various pretexts, especially in Little Russia, they prolong their stay, which is in no way beneficial, but as we must expect only great injuries to our loyal subjects from such haters of the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, […] we order: all Jews, male and female along with their entire possession, to be sent without delay from our realm, over the border, unless it should be that one of them should confess [to] our Greek-Christian religion. […]
5. Source	Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr: 200 Years Together – Russo-Jewish History.
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8. Notes	Researcher Ukase is an imperial Russian decree.

1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 7, 1743
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Rescript” (‘königl. Rescriptum’) issued “on behalf of His Royal all-gracious Majesty”* and addressed to the Pomeranian War- and Domain-Chamber
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Prussia
4. Text of Act	Since more than 120 Jews have acquired houses in Neu-Mark in violation of the previously issued regulations, […] His Royal Majesty have all-graciously ordered that henceforth, no Jew is [to be permitted] to purchase a house without the explicit permission of His Majesty - even for the purpose of reselling it […] it must be reported how many houses are already being owned by Jews in the aforementioned city […and] any Christian-buyer who announces interest shall have the opportunity to acquire such homes after paying the purchase-price [and all necessary [state] levies and taxes …] and the Jew is to concede these [homes to the Christian] without delay […].
5. Source	David Friedrich Quickmannen, Justiz-Burgemeisters zu Treptow an der Rega - Ordnung oder Samlung derer in dem königlichen preußischen Herzogtum Pommern und Fürstentum Camin, bis zu Ende des 1747sten Jahres, publicirten Edicten, Mandaten und Rescripten, in Justiz-Policey- Militair- Lehn- Forst- Post- Zoll- Accise, Steuer- Manufactur- und Oeconomie-Sachen etc. (Frankfurt an der Oder; 1750); (David Friedrich Quickmannen, judiciary mayor of Trzebiatów - Listing or collection of all edicts, mandates, and rescripts pertaining to matters related to law, police, military, loan, forestry, post, customs, tolls, taxes, manufacturing and economy issued in the royal Prussian Duchy in Pomerania and Principality/Bishopric of Cammin until the end of the year 1747.); (Frankfurt (Oder); 1750)
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8. Notes	Researcher Signed in Berlin by v. Görne, v. Viereck, v. Happe, v. Boden who were all ministers under *Frederick William I of Prussia.

1. Full Date of Act	May 8, 1743
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Rescript to the Chamber of Kurmarkt [Brandenburg]" issued by King Fredrick II of Prussia
3. Geography of Act	Prussia
4. Text of Act	No new Jewish families are to be allowed to settle in any of the cities, except if their admittance [papers] are signed by the King himself.
5. Source	Stern, Selma: Der Preussische Staat und die Juden, Dritter Teil, 2. Akten, 1. Halbband (The Prussian State and the Jews) (1971) Page 60.
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	None
8. Notes	None