On Nov 28, 1829 the Niles Weekly Register reported the Baron Rothschild had purchased Jerusalem.
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NILES’ WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, November 28, 1829
One of the articles within is headed: “Jerusalem” with the text beginning:
“There is a report that the Rothschilds have purchased Jerusalem! We see nothing improbable that, in the pecuniary distress of the sultan…” with more, and ending with: “…The sultan is in great difficulty–Baron Rothschild was proceeding to Constantinople and a second rebuilding of the temple is not among the most strange things expected in these strange times, by some of the Jews.”