Samson Levy (August 19, 1722March 22, 1781) was a prominent

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ish merchant in

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during the

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Biography

Samson Levy was one of the originators of the City Dancing Assembly, a famous social organization of Philadelphia founded in 1748. In November 1765, he signed, with other merchants of the city, including six Jews, the celebrated resolutions not to import goods from

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until the Stamp act had been repealed.

Family

Levy had two sons,

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and Samson. Moses Levy was educated at the

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, from which he graduated in 1776. On March 19, 1778, he was admitted to the

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; from 1802 to 1822 he was recorder of Philadelphia; from 1822 to 1825, presiding judge of the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia. At one time he was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and he was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania for twenty-four years. Samson Levy (b. Philadelphia 1761; d. there December 15, 1831) studied law with his brother Moses; was admitted to the bar on June 9, 1787, and became one of the best-known lawyers of the city. He was one of the incorporators of the

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Levy, Samson Merchants from colonial Pennsylvania 18th-century American merchants Businesspeople from Philadelphia Jewish state legislators in Pennsylvania 1722 births 1781 deaths 18th-century American Sephardic Jews