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Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Lopez Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-11
Abstract

Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) was a member of the Converso (converted) community of Portugal. In order to freely practice Judaism, he and his family left Portugal and relocated to British North America, settling in Newport, Rhode Island and later, Massachusetts. He began a successful mercantile business and eventually became a key supplier of the American revolutionary forces.

The collection contains numerous shipping records along with correspondence and accounts with merchants, mercantile families, and firms including Henry Lloyd of Boston, Henry Cruger of Bristol, George Hayley of London, William Stead of Sheffield and New Bedford whaler Joseph Rotch. The collection contains manifests, mercantile accounts, notations, correspondence and inventories of estates for several of the children of Aaron Lopez.

Dates: 1752-1994, 1846, 1852, 1953

Aaron Lopez (1759-1817), 1770 - 1780

 Series
Scope and Contents

Three letters to Aaron Lopez from various Jewish citizens asking Lopez for trading help.

Dates: 1770 - 1780

Michal (Micael) Judah to Aaron Lopez and Jacob [Bilevarey? or Rivera?], 1780 November 28

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 11000000696267], Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Three letters to Aaron Lopez from various Jewish citizens asking Lopez for trading help.

Dates: 1780 November 28

Samuel Oppenheim Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-255
Abstract

This collection documents the research of Jewish historian Samuel Oppenheim (1857-1928) concerning the lives of colonial Jews in the Americas, and the early history of the United States. Included in the collection are his notes, transcripts of original works, photocopies of the records of the Dutch West India Company, correspondence relating to his research, his writings, and original documents from the Mayor’s Court of the City of New York that date from 1653-1760.

Dates: undated, 1614-1938