[BAYONNE] Capitation of Mr. Elie Furtado. 1782. 15,5 x 21,5 cm Framed under glass. Important document which testifies to the capitation and taxation of Mr. Elie Furtado for the twentieth of a house in rue Maubec. Elie Furtado came from Lisbon to London, then settled in Bayonne. He was the father of Abraham Furtado, who was a deputy of the Portuguese Jewish nation in the city, then president of the Assembly of Notables and later secretary of the Great Sanhedrin. His status as a Jew is mentioned in the document. Key words: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pesach, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israelite, Israel, antisemitism, antisemitism, dreyfus, meguila, sepharad, ketouba