On Nov 28, 1829 the Niles Weekly Register
reported the Baron Rothschild had purchased Jerusalem.
https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/204878
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."