No. 5 Memorandum No 4 continued
June 8. 1776--

This Day being the Jewish Sabbath, I [went]
into the City in the Afternoon with
Insign Bryant to observe the Method
of the Jewish Worship. The Synagogue
is a Small Square Building, having
a Gallery all around, in each C though
no Person Sat therein, at the Heith of
the lower Part of the Gallery are in the
corners are 4 Candlesticks of Brass
hanging from the Roof each having
16 Candles of Wax. in the Centre of
these is another having twice that
Number. At the East End of the Syn-
-agogue is a large Closet, which Ser-
ves as a repository for the Law & (I
suppose) other holy things, this is en-
-compassed with Banisters, and these
and the Ascent thereto is by 3 or 4
Steps. In the Upon the Corner Posts of these
Banisters are standing large Brass
Candle Sticks, about 1 1/2 Feet long
& proportionable in Magnitude, in
these are Wax Candles of about 34 Inches
Diamiter and about 3 Feet Long, In
the Middle of the Synagogue is the