The Old Testament spirit in New England――Roger Williams――The first Jew in Massachusetts――Judah Monis, instructor in Hebrew at Harvard――Newport――Jews from Holland bring there the first degrees of Masonry――The cemetery immortalized by Longfellow―― Jacob Rodrigues Rivera introduces the manufacture of sperm oil――Aaron Lopez, the greatest merchant in America――Immigration from Portugal――Rabbi Isaac Touro――Visiting rabbis――First Jews in Connecticut――Philadelphia――Congregation Mickweh Israel―― Easton’s wealthy Jews――Maryland――Dr. Jacob Lumbrozo――General Oglethorpe and the first Jews of Georgia――Joseph Ottolenghi―― The Carolinas――Charleston. PART III. =THE REVOLUTION AND THE PERIOD OF EXPANSION.= CHAPTER XI. THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Spirit of the Old Testament in the Revolutionary War――Sermons in favor of the original Jewish form of Government――The New Nation as “God’s American Israel”――The Quebec Act――The intolerance of sects as the cause of separation of Church and State――A Memorial sent by German Jews to the Continental Congress――Fear expressed in North Carolina that the Pope might be elected President of the United States――None of the liberties won were lost by post-revolutionary reaction, as happened elsewhere. CHAPTER XII. THE PARTICIPATION OF JEWS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. Captain Isaac Meyers of the French and Indian War of 1754――David S. Franks and Isaac Franks――David Franks, the loyalist――Solomon and Lewis Bush――Major Benjamin Nones――Other Jewish Soldiers, of whom one was exempted from duty on Friday nights――The Pinto brothers――Commissary General Mordecai Sheftal of Georgia――Haym Salomon, the Polish Jew, and his financial assistance to the Revolution. CHAPTER XIII. THE DECLINE OF NEWPORT; WASHINGTON AND THE JEWS. England’s special enmity to Newport caused the dispersion of its Jewish congregation――The General Assembly of Rhode Island meets in the historic Newport Synagogue――Moses Seixas’ address to Washington on behalf of the Jews of Newport and the latter’s reply――Washington’s letters to the Hebrew Congregations of Savannah, Ga., and to the congregations of Philadelphia, New York, Richmond and Charleston. CHAPTER XIV. OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE FIRST PERIODS OF INDEPENDENCE.