Pereira Mendes to Lopez. November 25, 1779
Item
Holding institution
Collection
Aaron Lopez papers (P-11)
Location
Box 14, folder 34, doc. 54
Title
Pereira Mendes to Lopez. November 25, 1779
Document Type
Date
1779-11-25
Creator or Sender
Abraham Pereira Mendes
Location (creator or sender)
Newport, Rhode Island (USA)
Recipient
Aaron Lopez
Location (recipient)
Leicester, Massachusetts (USA)
Language
eng
Synopsis
Pereira Mendes informs Lopez of his arrival at Newport. He could not contact George Sears because he was indisposed. Since he was in the town, he procured 4 boxes of oil cheaper than expected. He gives his opinion on Lopez’s “troublesome lawsuit”. People in Newport refused paper money. The affair of a total defeat of Count De Estaing and General Lincoln in Georgia will help to reduce currency. A vessel from Augustean Bound to New York was obliged to put in Newport, in full confidence that the place was still in possession of British troops.
Existence and location of copies
American Jewish Archives, Aaron Lopez Papers (MS-231), box 1, folder 2 (typescript copy)
Existence and location of originals
Newport Historical Society, vol. 19, no. 13