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Manuscript Receipt: Jacob Rod. Rivera & Co., Newport, Rhode Island, October 20, 1784

Manuscript receipt issued by Jacob Rod. Rivera & Co. to Christopher Champlin on October 20, 1784, in Newport, Rhode Island. The receipt documents a financial transaction. Jacob Rodriguez Rivera (1717-1789) was president of Touro Synagogue in 1760 and controlled a spermaceti oil cartel.

Associated People/Businesses

Rivera, Jacob Rodriguez
Champlin, Christopher, 1731-1805
Jacob Rod. Rivera & Co.
RIVERA, JACOB RODRIGUEZ (1717.1789)

Geography

Newport

Subjects

Spermaceti
Jewish merchants
Seventeenth century

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 8, Folder 5