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Remarkable Youth Translates Hebrew to French at Nine
Letters from Amsterdam detail J P Baratter a eleven year old prodigy fluent in Oriental languages. He translated Rabbi Benjamin’s Travels into French from Hebrew and learned Greek and Rabbinical texts by self study. His father praises rapid mastery, noting Genesis and Old Testament books mastered by age nine. News also reports Hussars’ winter campaign in Holland and a political bid involving Abbot Anglois at Petersburg.
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