Aaron Lopez (1759-1817), 1770 - 1780
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Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782
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Colonial merchant and shipper, Aaron Lopez was born in Portugal in 1831. He immigrated to Newport,Rhode Island in 1752 where he was engaged primarily in the whale oil and candle business, although healso dealt in livestock, groceries, rum, ships, clothing, and slaves. During the 1760s and 1770s, he builtan extensive transatlantic mercantile empire and on the eve of the American Revolution, Lopez wasNewport's leading merchant and taxpayer. During the Revolution, he supported the colonials and wit...
Touro, Isaac, 1737?-1783
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Isaac Touro was a Jewish leader in colonial America. Born in Amsterdam, in 1758 he left for Jamaica. In 1760, he arrived in Newport, Rhode Island to serve as hazzan and spiritual leader of the Jewish community there. Soon after his arrival the congregation built the Touro Synagogue, which is the oldest synagogue in the United States. When the American Revolution broke out, Touro was a Loyalist, and when the British captured Newport in 1776, he remained in the city. In 1782 he moved to Kingsto...
