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On March 22, 1862, Uriah Phillips Levy, commodore in the United States Navy, died at the age of 69. Levy, at the time the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the navy, is remembered for his campaign to end flogging in the service, for his struggle against anti-Semitism and for his philanthropy, which included initiating the process of buying and restoring the home of his hero, Thomas Jefferson, and...
