Lopez Junior to Lopez. December 7, 1779
Item
Holding institution
Collection
Aaron Lopez papers (P-11)
Location
Box 14, folder 34, doc. 57
Title
Lopez Junior to Lopez. December 7, 1779
Document Type
Date
1779-12-07
Creator or Sender
David Lopez Junior
Location (creator or sender)
Leicester, Massachusetts (USA)
Recipient
Aaron Lopez
Location (recipient)
Leicester, Massachusetts (USA)
Language
eng
Synopsis
David tells his uncle that he left Newport before Captain Sears could attend to the delivery of goods because of the ill state of his sister’s health, but Abraham Pereira Mendes took charge and forwarded the goods to Providence. The currency problem did not permit David to advance with his uncle’s businesses – “those who have goods of any kind, rather prefer holding them than our fleeting phantom of a currency”. Mears accompanied David to Leicester. Family news. Wishes for a good resolution of Lopez’s lawsuit: “this justice may have placed you secure from the dread of rancorous envy and villainy, in terminating the troublesome litigation which has s0 long disturbed your tranquility”.
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. 16