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| | JewishEncyclopedia.com - LANCASTER: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The leading figure in the settlement was Joseph Simon, one of the most prominent Indian traders and merchants and one of the largest landholders in America, his enterprises extending not only over Pennsylvania, but to Ohio and Illinois and to the Mississippi river. |
 | | In partnership with William Henry, Simon supplied the Continental army with rifles, ammunition, drums, blankets, and provisions. |
 | | Among attorneys at Lancaster are found Samson Levy, admitted to the bar in 1787, and Joseph Simon Cohen (grandson of Joseph Simon), admitted in 1813, and from 1840 to 1853 prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. |
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