Landing of the Jews - July 1733
N 32° 04.897 W 081° 05.422
17S E 491471 N 3549485
One of many historic markers dedicated to this set of events.
Waymark Code: WM6RVN
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2009
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Near this site on July 11, 1733, five months after Oglethorpe founded Georgia, 42 Jewish colonists, having sailed from London, disembarked from the William and Sarah. It was the largest group of Jews ever to sail on one vessel for North America in colonial times.
All of the families, with the exception of three, were Sephardic Jews, originally from Portugal or Spain; the other three families were Germainc.
Erected by Congregtion Mickve Israel July 11, 1983
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: None
Date: 1983
Sponsor: Congregtion Mickve Israel
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