Abbreviations

A/c. = Account

Berlin, PHC tomb. = Tombstone inscription in the Jewish Cemetery, The ÝÝHoe, Plymouth, as recorded by the Reverend M. Berlin

Circum. Reg. = Joseph Joseph's Circumcision Register

EHC = Exeter Hebrew Congregation

EHC tomb. = Tombstone inscription in the Jewish Cemetery,

Exeter as recorded by B. Susser

FHC = Falmouth Hebrew Congregation

FHC tomb. = Tombstone inscription in the Jewish Cemetery,

Falmouth, as recorded by B. Susser

'Gent. Mag.' = 'Gentleman's Magazine'

H. in H. = Hand in Hand Jewish Friendly Society, Plymouth

H.O. = Home Office

'JC' = 'Jewish Chronicle'

'Jew. Encycl.' = 'Jewish Encyclopaedia'

'Jew. Year Bk.' = 'Jewish Year Book'

Mesh. Nefesh = Meshivat Nefesh Society, Plymouth

Min. Bk. = Minute Book

'MJHSE' = 'Miscellanies of the Jewish Historical

Society of England'

'PAJHS' = 'Proceedings of the American Jewish

Historical Society'

P.C.C. = Probate Court of Canterbury

PenHC = Penzance Hebrew Congregation

PenHC tomb. = Tombstone inscription in the Jewish Cemetery, ÝÝPenzance as recorded by B. Susser

PHC = Plymouth Hebrew Congregation

PHC Bk. of Records = Plymouth Hebrew Congregation's Book of Records

PHC Inscrip. = Inscription at the Synagogue, Plymouth

PHC tomb. = Tombstone inscription in the Jewish Cemetery,

The Hoe, Plymouth as recorded by B. Susser

'Pig. Direct.' = 'Pigot's Directory, 1823'

'Ply. Direct.' = 'Plymouth Directory'

Ply. Syn. Cat. = Catalogue of leases and documents relating

to the Plymouth Hebrew Congregation

PRO = Public Record Office, London

'TJHSE' = 'Transactions of the Jewish Historical

Society of England'

'Trew. Flying Post' = 'Trewman's Exeter Flying Post'

'VJ' = 'Voice of Jacob'