(JUDAICA) Lopez Aaron Bill of lading for a shipment of sperm

Sale 2444 - Lot 182

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(JUDAICA.) Lopez, Aaron. Bill of lading for a shipment of spermaceti candles to Hayman Levy. Partially printed Document Signed, one page, 6 x 7 3/4 inches, completed in Lopez's hand including his signature in the body of the document, and docketed in Lopez's hand on verso, also signed by Isaac Lawton as master of the sloop Industry; moderate dampstaining, wear to left edge with loss of a few words. Newport, RI, 1 March 1756

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Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) of Newport, RI was one of the most successful merchants in colonial America, and a leading member of Newport's thriving Jewish community. He remains a controversial figure because of his substantial involvement in the slave trade. This account was drawn up in the very early part of Lopez's career, just four years after his emigration from Portugal to Newport. His trading partner here, Hayman Levy (1721-1789) was an important fur trader and key figure in the early Jewish history of both New York and Philadelphia. Swann recently sold a 1764 Lopez receipt with the claim "No earlier Lopez documents have been traced on the auction market" (17 September 2015, lot 1789). This one is eight years earlier.