Monday, February 15, 2010

A rabbi's son dancing with the finest Duchess in all of England in 1711?

Every now and then one comes across something fairly obscure and amusing.

Below is a letter sent to the London Examiner which appeared in is January 24, 1712 issue:



Not a bad question.

I think my normal MO would be to identify "Rabbi Solomen de Med_" who is "happily versed in the art of explaining Mysteries," and under what circumstances "the finest Dutchess in England" danced with his son, apparently causing quite a stir in the summer of 1711. Having not done that, in other words, normally this would not be ready for posting. But instead I'll leave it to readers to speculate (won't that be more fun?) or enlighten us all.