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John Pintard: Forgotten Founding Father

John Pintard: Forgotten Founding Father

It’s hard to think of anyone so important to American history yet more obscure than John Pintard (1759-1844). I only know about him because he founded New York’s oldest museum and library, the New-York Historical Society, where I worked for many years. Pintard really has nothing to do with show business; I honor him here today as an outgrowth of the fact that my love for vaudeville, silent film,…

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In the late 18th century, many Americans, including Christians, were becoming interested in the study of Hebrew. This particular volume of Hebrew grammar was owned by John Pintard, the founder of the New-York Historical Society. It is now on view as part of our exhibition The First Jewish Americans.

Samuel Johnson.  An English and Hebrew grammar, : being the first short rudiments of those two languages, taught together, to which is added, a synopsis of all the parts of learning. 1771. New-York Historical Society.