Moses Seixas

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Moses Seixas was a prominent early American Jewish leader and merchant best known for his 1790 letter to President George Washington affirming religious liberty, which prompted Washington’s famous reply to the Touro Synagogue.

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instanceOf Jewish leader ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
Touro Synagogue ⓘ
early American Jewish history ⓘ
religious liberty in the United States ⓘ
contextOfActivity early United States republic ⓘ
post-Revolutionary War America ⓘ
correspondent George Washington ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
date 1790 ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish ⓘ
familyName Seixas ⓘ
givenName Moses ⓘ
hasRole advocate of religious liberty ⓘ
representative of the Jewish community of Newport ⓘ
hasTheme religious freedom ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
toleration of all religions ⓘ
heritage Sephardic Jewish ⓘ
influenced George Washington's 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport ⓘ
knownFor 1790 letter to President George Washington affirming religious liberty ⓘ
role in early American Jewish community ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
memberOf Hebrew Congregation in Newport ⓘ
Touro Synagogue congregation ⓘ
mentionedIn George Washington's letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Letter to President George Washington on behalf of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
placeOfActivity Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
positionHeld officer of the Touro Synagogue congregation ⓘ
warden of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
roleInEvent author of address from the Hebrew Congregation to President George Washington in 1790 ⓘ
subjectOf scholarship on American religious liberty ⓘ
studies of early American Jewish communities ⓘ

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