nov 28, 1829 - "There is a report that the ‘Rothschild have purchased Jerusalem!" Nile Register 1829, Nov 28

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JERUSALEM. ‘There is a report that the ‘Rothschild have purchased Jerusalem! We see nothing improbable that, in the pecuniary distress of the sultan, he should sell some part of his dominions to preserve the rest; o; that the Rothschilds should purchase the ancient capity! of their nation. They are wealthy beyond the desire, perhaps, even of avarice; and so situated, it is quite res. sonable to suppose that they may seek something els to gratify their ambition, that shall produce most inportant effects. Ifsecured in the possession, (and which may be brought about by money), they might instantly, as it were, gather a large nation together, soon to become capable of defending itself, and having a wonderful influence over the commerce and condition of the east— rendering Judea again the place of deposite of a large portion of the wealth of the “ancient world.” To the sultan, thecountry is of no great value; but, in the hands of the Jews, directed by such men as the Rothschild what might it not become, and in a short period of time.
The sultan is in great difficulty—Baron Rotehsehild was proceeding to Constantinopl; and a seccond re-building of the temple is not among the most strange things expected in these strange times, by some of the jews.

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