Adair's History of the American Indians

Note 98 — Observations, and arguments, in proof of the American Indians being descended from the Jews. (continued 5)

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Lord Kingsborough, note 51, calls attention to the well-known fact that William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, entertained the same belief. The children of the Indians reminded Penn of the children of Jews in their quarter of London, known as Old Jewry.

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