Ben Jehudah to Rodriguez Rivera. December 1774
Item
Holding institution
Collection
Aaron Lopez papers (P-11)
Location
Box 14, folder 30, doc. 27
Title
Ben Jehudah to Rodriguez Rivera. December 1774
Document Type
Date
1774-12-??
Creator or Sender
Tobiah ben Jehudah
Location (creator or sender)
Jamaica
Recipient
Jacob Rodriguez Rivera
Location (recipient)
Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Language
eng
heb
Synopsis
Compliments to “the philanthropist, leader and great traveler, Mr. Rivera” and his family, and particularly to his only son Abraham Rivera. Also greetings to Lopez and his family; Lopez’s brother and family; Abraham Pereira Mendes and family; Moses Levy and family, Joseph Hart; Isaac Hart and wife; Mr Leeser; Hazan Touro and wife, Bachur Calo, and “the great scholar R. Meir”. He informs that he was hosted “at the house of the Captain”. He signs as “Tobiah ben Jehudah, descendant of the Maharshal from the stem of Rashi”. Original letter in Hebrew, translated into English by Louis Feinberg.
Existence and location of originals
Newport Historical Society, vol. 15, no. 51