ADDENDA. 



JEWS. 



On page 101, reference is made to the history of the Jews in this State. 

 Since that part of the work was printed, M. M. Noah, Esquire, of New-York, 

 has kindly favoured us with the following additional items : 



Dr. Samuel Nunez, whose name belonged to a distinguished family in 

 Lisbon, was a physician of eminence, and had an extensive practice, even in 

 times when tlie Jews of that city were under the surveillance of the Inquisition. 

 Jealousy and rivalry, however, caused him to be denounced to that dreadful 

 tribunal, and himself and family were arrested as heretics, and thrown into 

 the dungeons of the Inquisition. At that period the Jews were not permitted 

 openly to follow their religion ; they had no synagogues or places of public 

 worship, but assembled for devotional purposes in each others' houses, and 

 their prayer-books were concealed in the seats of chairs, and opened by 

 springs. It had long been observed that the families never ventured abroad on 

 Friday evenings, being the evening of the Sabbath, and suspicions were awak- 

 ened as to their real faith, although for form sake they all attended mass. The 

 familiars of the Inquisition, who were generally spies, were set to work to dis- 

 cover what their pursuits were on the Sabbath, and detecting them at prayers, 

 seized their Hebrew prayer-books, and threw them all into prison. 



Doctor Nunez, who was a most popular and skilful man, was physician 

 to the Grand Inquisitor, who was anxious to save him. He did all in his power 

 to alleviate the sufferings of his family ; but one of them, Abby de Lyon, who 

 died in Savannah, carried to her grave the marks of the ropes on her wrists when 

 put to the question. They remained for some time in prison ; but as the me- 

 dical services of Doctor Nunez were very much in demand in Lisbon, the eccle- 

 siastical council, under the advice of the Grand Inquisitor, agreed to set him 

 and family at liberty, on condition that two officials of the Inquisition should re- 

 side constantly in the family, to guard against their relapsing again into Juda- 

 ism. The doctor had a large and elegant mansion on the banks of the Tagus, 

 and being a man of large fortune, he was in the habit ?)f entertaining the prin- 

 cipal families of Lisbon. On a pleasant summer day he invited a party to din- 

 ner ; and among the guests was the Captain of an English brigantine, anchored 

 at some distance in the river. While the company were amusing tliemselves 



