In his ''Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews'' Noah proclaimed his faith that the Jews would return and rebuild their ancient homeland and called on America to take the lead in this endeavor.  On September 2, soon after arriving in Buffalo from New York, thousands of Christians and a smattering of Jews assembled for a historic event. Noah led a  large procession,headed by Masons, a New York militia company, and municipal leaders paraded to St. Paul's Episcopal church .   Here, there was a brief ceremony- including a singing of the psalms in Hebrew- the cornerstone was laid on the communion table, and the new proclamation establishing the refuge was read. "Proclamation — day ended with music, cannonade and libation. 24 guns, recessional,masons retired to the Eagle Tavern, all with no one ever having set foot on Grand Isle." This was the beginning and the end of Mordecai Noah's venture:  he lost heart and returned to New York a couple days later without once having set foot on the island.  The cornerstone was taken out of the audience chamber of the church and laid against the back of the building.  It is now on permanent display at the Buffalo Historical Society in Buffalo, NY.

• 1813 - 1814: Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States
• 1837 : Discourse of the Evidence of the American Indians being the descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israël
• 1844: Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews

• Mordecai Manuel Noah: Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States: In the Years 1813-14 and 15
• Major Noah: American-Jewish Pioneer, Isaac Goldberg, The Jewish Publication Society of Philadelphia, 1936.