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Alfred Mordecai’s Decision

| January 5, 2011

Alfred Mordecai (1804-1887) Alfred Mordecai (1804-1887) was born into a Jewish family in North Carolina.  His father Jacob was a pioneer educator.  Because Alfred was a good student, he was admitted to West Point in 1819 and four years later graduated at the top of his class.  After a stint as a teacher at West […]