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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782
Title:	Aaron Lopez Papers
Dates:	1752-94, 1846, 1852, 1953
Abstract:	Aaron Lopez (1731-1782) was a Jew of the Converso (converted) community of Portugal. In order to freely practice Judaism, he and his family left Portugal and relocated to British North America settling in Newport, Rhode Island and later, Massachusetts. He began a successful mercantile business and eventually became a key supplier of the American revolutionary forces. The collection contains numerous shipping records along with correspondence and accounts with merchants, mercantile families and firms including Henry Lloyd of Boston, Henry Cruger of Bristol, George Hayley of London, William Stead of Sheffield and New Bedford whaler Joseph Rotch. The collection contains manifests, mercantile accounts, notations, correspondence and inventories of estates for several of the children of Aaron Lopez.
Languages:	The collection is in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and some Hebrew/Yiddish.
Quantity:	7 linear feet (14 manuscript boxes)
Identification:	P-11
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

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Biographical Note

Aaron Lopez
(1731-1782)

Duarte (Aaron) Lopez was born in Portugal in 1731 to well-to-do parents who were part of the Converso community. Raised to practice Judaism only in secret, while maintaining outward conformity with Catholicism to all appearances, Lopez reached maturity, married and had a baby daughter before deciding to leave Portugal for a new, openly Jewish life in British North America, where he joined his older brother Moses. Moses Lopez, who had himself left Portugal in his teens, had come of age in New York City before establishing himself in Newport, Rhode Island, in the early 1740s.

The passage of Aaron Lopez to British America was unique in its directness. Most of the escaping Portuguese conversos made their way first to London, where they were supported for a brief period by Congregation Shaar HaShamaaim (also known as the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Synagogue) at Bevis Marks in return for their open redemption as Jews.

Following his arrival in Newport, Duarte quickly redeemed himself and his family as Jews, assuming the name of Aaron, and with the help of his brother Moses set himself up in business. One of his earliest ventures involved participation in the consortium established by a number of Newport merchants for the manufacture of spermaceti candles. By 1760, his efforts to engage in the wholesale commodities trade had also proved successful. His business activities grew widely over the next 15 years to include whaling and a few ventures in the slave trade, as well as the export of Newport manufactures such as furniture, axes, plank and board, flour, barrel staves and salt fish.

In 1761 Lopez, along with fellow Jew Isaac Elizer, sought naturalization in Rhode Island under the Act of 13 George II, ch. 7, which authorized the naturalization of Jews as well as dissenting Protestant groups as citizens of the crown within the North American colonies after seven years’ residence. However, the two were refused by the colony’s courts as well as by the legislature. Lopez, after seeking the advice of renowned Boston lawyer Samuel Fitch, set up residence in Swansey, Massachusetts, and was finally naturalized at Taunton in October 1762. Elizer was naturalized in New York a year later.

In Newport, Aaron began to establish ties with gentiles of his station, including among them Ezra Stiles, the Congregational minister of the town. Stiles, who had a great scholarly interest in Jewish scripture, came to know members of Newport's Jewish community during his residence in Newport. Following the death of his wife Abigail in 1762, Aaron also established broader ties within Newport's Jewish community by re-marrying the daughter of his business partner, Jacob Rodriguez Rivera.

With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1776, Lopez began to suffer a dramatic downturn in his business, along with most colonial merchants. As the British took Savannah in 1778, Lopez evacuated his family to Leicester, Massachusetts, where he set up a retail shop and a modest commodities trade via overland routes through Salem, Boston and Providence. Over the course of the next four years, he became a key supplier to the American forces, providing such necessities as flour and leather breeches.

In 1782, while on the way to Newport with his family, Aaron Lopez accidentally drowned in Scott's pond in Smithfield, Rhode Island, while watering his horse. He left behind his grieving wife Sarah, devoted father-in-law and business partner Jacob Rodriguez Rivera, and 15 surviving children. Ezra Stiles, now President of Yale University, composed the following epitaph for him:

                  "He was a merchant of eminence,
                  of polite and amiable manners.
                  Hospitality, liberality, and benevolence
                  were his true characteristics.
                  
		  An ornament and valuable pillar to
                  the Jewish society, of which he was a 
                  member. His knowledge in commerce
                  was unbounded and his integrity irreproachable;
		  thus he lived and died, much
		  regretted, esteemed and loved by all."

Chronology
1725	José Lopez, son of Diego José Lopez and his first wife, comes under suspicion of the Holy Office and flees Portugal. In London, José is redeemed as a Jew, changing his name to Moses.
1731	Duarte Lopez born in Lisbon to Diego José Lopez and his second wife.
1750	Duarte marries Anna, the daughter of his half-sister Elizabeth.
1752	Duarte arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, with wife Anna, infant daughter Catherine and younger brother Gabriel. Duarte and Gabriel are circumcised by Benjamin Gomez of New York. Duarte, Anna and Catherine become Aaron, Abigail and Sarah Lopez and Gabriel becomes David Lopez.
1754	Aaron forms a business partnership with Jacob Rodriguez Rivera.
1761	Aaron and Isaac Elizer are refused naturalization by the Rhode Island legislature and courts.
1762	Aaron is naturalized at Taunton, Massachusetts.
	Abigail dies at Newport.
1763	Aaron re-marries Sarah, daughter of Jacob Rodriguez Rivera.
1766	Aaron sends his ship America to Lisbon, under command of Jeremiah Osborne, to rescue his older half-brother Miguel with his wife and three teenage sons.
1767	Miguel Lopez and his sons Duarte, José and Joāo are circumcised at Tiverton, and take the names Abraham, Moses, Samuel and Jacob, respectively.
	Aaron's elder brother Moses dies at age 51 of apoplexy.
	Aaron's eldest daughter Sally, marries Abraham Pereira Mendes of Kingston, Jamaica.
1778	Aaron moves the extended family to Leicester Massachusetts after Newport falls to the British. The family sets up shop at Leicester by overland routes.
1782	Aaron drowns in Scott's Pond at Smithfield, Rhode Island, near Providence, in full view of his family.

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Scope and Content Note

The Papers of Aaron Lopez encompass the breadth of his mercantile activities in Rhode Island and throughout New England during the period preceding the Revolutionary War. The collection comprises a large proportion of the extant Lopez papers, second only to that housed by the Newport Historical Society in Newport. The Aaron Lopez collection comprises accounts and correspondence with local merchants in Newport as well as important mercantile firms and families located elsewhere in British North America and abroad; local artisans, traders, and workmen; and Newport mariners such as Nathaniel Hathaway, Benjamin Allen, Jeremiah Osborne, John Peters, Benjamin Wright and others. The correspondence includes the important merchants Henry Lloyd of Boston, Henry Cruger of Bristol, George Hayley of London, William Stead of Sheffield and New Bedford whaler Joseph Rotch. In short, the Lopez papers reflect the diversity or communal life, social interaction and mercantile activity both within the Jewish community and throughout British North America prior to 1783.

The collection is valuable to researchers interested in general mercantile activities in colonial America, in 18th century whaling activities, in colonial shipping practices, in the marketing of English textiles, and in colonial artisan and manufacturing activities. The collection contains shipping records, mercantile accounts, notations, correspondence and inventories of estates for several of the children of Aaron Lopez. The vast majority of the items are in English, although some correspondents wrote to Lopez in Portuguese, Spanish and French. Additionally, only a few items contain notations in Hebrew or Yiddish (generally not made by Lopez).

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Arrangement

Researchers should note that the collection has recently been reorganized. Previously, the Lopez papers were kept in strict chronological order. In order to restore, to the extent possible, the original order in which the records were kept by their creator, the collection is now divided into four series.

We believe that this new organizational scheme restores the context within which these records were originally created and used, and therefore will facilitate use of the collection by researchers.

The four series of the Lopez Collection are:

• Series I: Shipping Records, undated, 1752-1794
• Series II: Mercantile Accounts, undated, 1753-1794
• Series III: Correspondence, various, 1752-1783, 1953
• Series IV: Photostats from other Repositories (Naturalization Papers and Shipping Records and Manifests) and Estate Inventories for Joshua Lopez and Juliet Lopez Levy, 1762-1764, 1766, 1771, 1772, 1846, 1852.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

However, researchers are advised that much of the paper in the collection is in extremely poor condition due to prior damage by water and mold, and must be handled carefully. The Society reserves the right to restrict the use, including photocopying, of fragile items in the collection for the purpose of preventing further damage. Researchers should also note that many items, while not fragile, may be difficult to decipher due to stains from prior water damage, foxing, mold, mildew and faded inks.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011.

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Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Cruger, Henry, 1739-1827
  • Gomez, Daniek, 1759-1784
  • Gomez, Moses, 1728-1789
  • Hart, Joshua, d. 1787
  • Lopez, Aaron, 1731-1782
  • Lopez, Abraham, 1711-
  • Lopez, David, 1750-1812
  • Lopez, Joseph, 1756-1822
  • Lopez, Joshua
  • Lopez, Juliet
  • Lucena, James
  • Mendes, Isaac Pereira
  • Rivera, Jacob Rodriquez, 1717-1789
  • Rodriquez, Manuel
  • Rotch, Joseph, 1704-1784
  • Seixas, Moses, 1744-1809

• Subject Organizations:

  • Hayley and Hopkins

• Subject Topics:

  • Brigantines
  • Great Britain Colonies America
  • Jewish merchants
  • Jews - Conversion to Christianity
  • Jews Dietary laws
  • Jews, Portuguese
  • Merchant ships
  • Merchant Vessels
  • Ports
  • Schooners
  • Sephardim
  • Sloops
  • Snows
  • Touro Synagogue (Newport, R.I.)
  • United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
  • Whaling ships

• Subject Places:

  • Nantucket (Mass.)
  • Newport (R.I.)
  • Suriname

• Document Types:

  • commercial correspondence
  • correspondence
  • manifests
  • naturalization records
  • shipping records
  • ships' manifests

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Related Material

Papers of the Seixas Family of Newport and New York
Papers of the Levy Family of Newport and New Orleans
Papers of the Touro Family
Jacques Judah Lyons Collection
Samuel Oppenheim Collection
A.S.W. Rosenbach Collection of Early American Judaica
Morris and Eleanor Soble Collection of American Judaica
American Jewish Historical Society

George Peabody Wetmore Collection
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA

Papers of Jeremiah Osborne
Peabody-Essex Institute Library, Salem, MA

Papers of Christopher Champlin
New York State Library, Albany, NY

Papers of the Brown Family
John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI

Papers of Henry Lloyd
Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA

Papers of Ezra Stiles
Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Papers of Aaron Lopez
American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OH
Newport Historical Society, Newport RI
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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Provenance

Purchase, in part, and individual gifts, in part, by Samuel Oppenheim (1915), Lee Max Friedman (1936), and The Sang Foundation (1979).

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following forPublished citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Aaron Lopez Papers; P-11; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre, MA and New York, NY.

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Bibliography

Bigelow, Bruce M. "Aaron Lopez: Merchant of Newport," The New England Quarterly, vol. IV, no. 4 (Oct 1931), pp. 757-776; reprinted in Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes, vol. 2, no. 1 (June 1956), pp. 4-18.

Broches, Solomon. Jews in New England: Six Monographs, vol. II. New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1942.

Chyet, Stanley F. Lopez of Newport: Colonial American Merchant Prince. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970.

Chyet, Stanley F. "Documents: From a Prison in Brazil," The Americas, vol. XXXV, no. 4 (April 1979), pp. 573-580.

Friedman, Lee Max. "Some further sidelights on Aaron Lopez," The Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. XLV, (April 1955), pp. 562-567.

Gutstein, Morris A. Aaron Lopez and Judah Touro: A Refugee and a Son of a Refugee. New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House, 1939.

Gutstein, Morris A. The Story of the Jews of Newport: Two and a Half Centuries of Judaism. 1658-1908. New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1936.

Hedges, James B. The Browns of Providence Plantations: The Colonial Years. Providence: Brown University Press, 1968.

Marcus, Jacob Rader. The Colonial American Jew, 1492-1776. Volume III. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1970.

Marcus, Jacob Rader. Early American Jewry: The Jews of New York, New England and Canada, 1649-1794. Volume One. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1951.

Massachusetts Historical Society. Commerce of Rhode Island. 1726 -1800. 2 Volumes. Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, 7th Series, vols. IX-X. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1914-1915.

Sarna, Jonathan, Benny Kraut and Samuel K. Joseph (eds.). Jews and the Founding of the Republic. New York: Markus Wiener Publishing, 1985.

Stern, Malcolm H. (comp.). First American Jewish Families: 600 Genealogies. 1654 -1977. Cincinnati: American Jewish Archives and Waltham: American Jewish Historical Society, 1978; Revised edition, 1992.

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I: Shipping Records, undated, 1752-1794.
The predominant language of the series is English.
Boxes 1-5
Arrangement: From notations found within the collection in the hand of Aaron Lopez, it was evident that he kept together all of the receipts for each voyage of a particular vessel, and the intention has been to recreate that scheme of arrangement. Thus, the records within this series are grouped by ship and by captain rather than chronologically; we believe that this arrangement most closely corresponds to the manner in which Lopez himself kept his shipping records. Due to the large number of different ships with similar names, the documents have been arranged first by type of ship (brigantine, schooner, ship, sloop, snow), and then alphabetically by name. Thus, records for the Brigantine Charlotte have been filed separately from those of the Sloop Charlotte and the Schooner Charlotte. In some cases, such as those of the Brigantine Charlotte and the Sloop Industry, there were so many records for the ship that it became necessary to create separate folders for each captain who served as the ship's master. Box 5, Folder 31 has miscellaneous records regarding various ships and voyages from 1752-1794.
Scope and Content: This series consists of various shipping records and manifests pertaining to the activities of Aaron Lopez in the import/export trade.
A) Brigantines
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
1	1	Abigail	1773, 1774
		Master: Hathaway Destination: Surinam, 1773 North Carolina and Surinam, 1774
1	2	Africa	1766
		Master: All Destination: Africa, 1766
1	3	Africa	1767
		Master: All Destination: Jamaica, 1767
1	4	Ann	1771-1772
		Master: English Destination: Quebec, 1771 North Carolina and Lisbon, 1771-1772
1	5	Apollo	1765-1766
		Master: Dordin Destination: Amsterdam, 1765-1766
1	6	Caecelia	1770
		Master: Mackey Destination: Jamaica, 1770
1	7	Charlotte	1765-1766
		Master: Bowers Destination: Bristol, 1765-1766
1	8	Charlotte	1766-1767
		Master: Brown Destination: Dominica and Grenada, 1766-1767
1	9	Charlotte	1767-1769
		Master: Newdigate Destination: Jamaica and Honduras, 1767, 1768-1769 Bristol and Cork, 1769
1	10	Charlotte	1770
		Master: Wright Destination: South Carolina, 1770
1	11	Charlotte	1771 (2), 1772
		Master: Hataway Destination: Surinam, 1771 (2), 1772
1	12	Charlotte	1772-1773
		Master: Shearman Destination: Gaspee and Jamaica, 1772 Dominica, 1772 Hispaniola and Jamaica, 1772-1773
1	13	Charlotte	1773, 1774
		Master: Bourke Destination: Curaçāo, 1773 Gibraltar, 1773 Hispaniola, 1774
1	14	Charlotte	1775
		Master: Reply Destination: North Carolina, 1775
1	15	Charlotte	1776
		Master: Haydon Destination: Surinam, 1776
1	16	Diana	1768
		Master: Potter Destination: Jamaica, 1768
1	17	Diana	1770
		Master: Hathaway Destination: London, 1770
1	18	Diana	1771
		Master: Buckley Destination: Jamaica and London, 1771
1	19	Fox	1776
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1776
1	20	Greyhound	1760-1761
		Master: Pinnegar Destination: Jamaica, 1760 Africa, 1761
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
2	1	Hannah	undated
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, undated
2	2	Hannah	1769
		Master: Briggs Destination: Unknown, 1769
2	3	Henry	1770
		Master: Dean Destination: Surinam, 1770
2	4	Industry	1768
		Master: Peters Destination: Tenerife, 1768
2	5	Industry	1767, 1769
		Master: Peters Destination: Jamaica, 1767, 1769
2	6	Industry	1769
		Master: Peters Destination: Quebec, 1769 Hispaniola, 1769
2	7	Industry	1769
		Master: Wright Destination: Unknown, 1769
2	8	Leviathan	1772
		Master: Lothrop Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1772
2	9	Little Hart	1766-1767
		Master: Unknown Destination: Jamaica, 1766-1767
2	10	Lydia	1775
		Master: Russell Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1775
2	11	Minerva	1772-1773
		Master: Clarke Destination: Honduras and London, 1772-1773
2	12	Neptune	1772 (2)
		Master: Bourke Destination: Hispaniola, 1772 (2)
2	13	Neptune	1773
		Master: Allen Destination: Newfoundland, 1773
2	14	Royal Charlotte	1772, 1775
		Master: Hyer Destination: Jamaica, 1772 Master: Forrester Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1775
2	15	Sally	1766
		Master: Briggs Destination: Africa and West Indies, 1766
2	16	Sally	1769
		Master: Hathaway Destination: Surinam, 1769
2	17	Sally	1763
		Master: Ladd Destination: London, 1763
2	18	Sally	1769
		Master: Wheeler Destination: North Carolina, 1769 Quebec, 1769 Nantucket, 1769
2	19	Venus	undated, 1769
		Master: Story Destination: Lisbon, undated Quebec, 1769 Nantucket, 1769
B) Ships
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
3	1	Affrica	1772, 1773-1775
		Master: Briggs Destination: Africa, 1772 Unknown, 1773-1775
3	2	America	1765
		Master: Pope Destination: Bristol, 1765
3	3	America	1765-1766
		Master: Osborne Destination: Bristol, 1765-1766
3	4	America	1767
		Master: Peters Destination: New York and Bristol, 1767
3	5	America	1767, 1768
		Master: Wright Destination: Jamaica, 1767, 1768
3	6	Ann	1773-1774
		Master: Wright Destination: unknown, 1773-1774
3	7	Clarissa	1775
		Master: Marsom Destination: Jamaica, 1775
3	8	Cleopatra	1768-1769
		Master: Hannars Destination: London, 1768-1769
3	9	Cleopatra	1772
		Master: Bourke Destination: Hispaniola, 1772
3	10	Cleopatra	1772-1773
		Master: Briggs Destination: St. Eustace, Barbados and Hispaniola, 1772-1773
3	11	Francis	1775
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1775
3	12	Friendship	1765
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1765
3	13	Hope	1764
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1764
3	14	Jacob	1768-1769
		Master: Eldred Destination: Jamaica, 1768-1769
3	15	Jacob	1771
		Master: Heffernan Destination: Jamaica and London, 1771
3	16	Jacob	1772
		Master: Davenant Destination: London, 1772
3	17	Jacob	1773
		Master: Peters Destination: Jamaica and London, 1773
3	18	Jacob	1775
		Master: Wiswall Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1775
3	19	Juno	1774-1775
		Master: Bissell Destination: Jamaica and London, 1774-1775
3	20	Nancy	1773-1774
		Master: Wright Destination: Unknown, 1773-1774
3	21	Nancy	1774
		Master: Tomlinson Destination: Jamaica and London, 1774
3	22	New York	1771
		Master: Jones Destination: Bristol, 1771
3	23	Ocean	1772
		Master: Peters Destination: Jamaica and London, 1772
3	24	Peter & Ann	1774
		Master: Blundell Destination: South Carolina, 1774
3	25	Pitt	1764
		Master: Lindsey Destination: London, 1764
3	26	Pitt	1767-1768
		Master: Osborne Destination: Bristol and New York, 1767-1768
3	27	Pitt	1768
		Master: Osborne Destination: Bristol, 1768
3	28	Pitt	1768
		Master: Frost Destination: New York, 1768
C) Sloops
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
4	1	Abigail	1765
		Master: Bremer Destination: Philadelphia, 1765
4	2	Abigail	1770-1772
		Master: Allen Destination: Jamaica, 1770 Jamaica and London, 1771-1772
4	3	Abigail	1774
		Master: Hathaway Destination: Surinam, 1774
4	4	Betsey	1769
		Master: C. Corey Destination: New Bedford, 1769
4	5	Betsey	1769
		Master: Hull Destination: New York, 1769
4	6	Charlestown	1767, 1769
		Master: Durfee Destination: South Carolina, 1767, 1769
4	7	Charlotte	1769-1770
		Master: Story Destination: Hispaniola, 1770 Tenerife, 1769-1770
4	8	Cupid	1772
		Master: Bardin Destination: Jamaica, 1772
4	9	Dolphin	1764, 1769
		Master: James Destination: North Carolina, 1764 Whaling Voyage, 1769
4	10	Draper	1771
		Master: Gills Destination: New York, 1771
4	11	Endeavor	1765-1771
		Master: Nye Destination: Whaling Voyages, 1765-1770 Master: Penney New Bedford, 1770 North Carolina, 1771
4	12	Fanny	1769
		Master: Brown Destination: Hispaniola, 1769
4	13	Florida	1768
		Master: Harrison Destination: Maryland, 1768
4	14	Friendship	1773-1774
		Master: Farrint Destination: Unknown, 1773 Master: Munro Destination: Charles Town, South Carolina, 1774
4	15	George	1771-1774
		Master: Greene Destination: Jamaica, 1771 North Carolina and Jamaica, 1772 Master: Earnshey North Carolina, 1773 Master: W. Corey Destination: North Carolina, 1774
4	16	Greyhound	1770
		Master: Allen Destination: Jamaica, 1770
4	17	Hope	undated, 1769, 1775
		Master: Grinnell Destination: Jamaica, undated Master: Rider Destination: Unknown, 1769 Master: Unknown Destination: New Bedford, 1775
4	18	Industry	1763-1764
		Master: Clark Destination: Unknown, 1763-1764
4	19	Industry	1764
		Master: All Destination: London, 1764
4	20	Industry	1766
		Master: Hyer Destination: Jamaica, 1766
4	21	Industry	1767
		Master: Hyer Destination: Jamaica, 1767
4	22	Industry	1769
		Master: Heffernan Destination: North Carolina and Jamaica, 1769
4	23	Industry	1769
		Master: Reply Destination: North Carolina, 1769
4	24	Industry	1769
		Master: Reply Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1769
4	25	Industry	1771
		Master: Shearman Destination: North Carolina, 1771
4	26	Industry	1770-1771
		Master: Reply Destination: North Carolina, 1770-1771 Whaling Voyage, 1771
4	27	John	1769
		Master: White Destination: Boston and London, 1769
4	28	Kingfisher	1774
		Master: Strange Destination: Jamaica, 1774
4	29	Mary	1767
		Master: Reply Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1767
4	30	Mary	1768
		Master: Reply Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1768
4	31	Mary	1769-1771
		Master: Unknown Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1769 Master: Unknown Destination: North Carolina, 1770 Master: Unknown Destination: Quebec, 1770 Master: Greene Destination: Hispaniola and Jamaica, 1771
4	32	Peggy	1770
		Master: Farrint Destination: Hispaniola, 1770
4	33	Priscilla	1769
		Master: Cooke Destination: Quebec, 1769
4	34	Priscilla	1769-1770
		Master: Hannars Destination: North Carolina and Hispaniola, 1769-1770
4	35	Ranger	1766-1767
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1766-1767
4	36	Reliance	1766, 1769
		Master: Howland Destination: New Bedford, 1766 Master: Mayhew Destination: Unknown, 1769
4	37	Richmond	1764
		Master: Fanning Destination: North Carolina, 1764
4	38	Sally	1773
		Master: L. Sisson Destination: Jamaica, 1773
4	39	Sally	1776
		Master: Allen Destination: Hispaniola, 1776
4	40	Sally	1770
		Master: Greene Destination: New York, 1770
4	41	Speedwell	1770
		Master: Clouston Destination: North Carolina, 1770
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
5	1	Spry	1764
		Master: Pinnegar Destination: Africa, 1764
5	2	Swansey	1766
		Master: Bradfield Destination: Jamaica, 1766
5	3	Thrasher	1768
		Master: Waldron Destination: Georgia, 1768 West Indies, 1768
5	4	Thrasher	1768-1769
		Master: Unknown Destination: Africa, 1768-1769
5	5	Thrasher	1769
		Master: Brown Destination: Georgia, 1769
5	6	Three Friends	1776
		Master: B. Sisson Destination: South Carolina, 1776
5	7	Three Salleys	1764
		Master: All Destination: Unknown, 1764
5	8	Three Salleys	1764
		Master: Burroughs Destination: North Carolina, 1764
5	9	Three Salleys	1765
		Master: Peters Destination: Cork, 1765
5	10	Two Brothers	1772-1774
		Master: Daggett Destination: Unknown, 1772-1774
5	11	Acteon	1766
		Master: Butler Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1766
D) Schooners
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
5	12	Active	1775
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1775
5	13	Betsey-Ann	1769
		Master: Wyatts Destination: Unknown, 1769
5	14	Eleanor	1767
		Master: Allen Destination: Whaling Voyage, 1767
5	15	Eleanor	1767-1768
		Master: J. Mayhew Destination: St. Christophers, 1767-1768
5	16	Eleanor	1768, 1769
		Master: J. Mayhew Destination: Hispaniola, 1768, 1769
5	17	Eleanor	1770
		Master: Reply Destination: North Carolina, 1770
5	18	Gaspee	1773-1774
		Master: Greene Destination: North Carolina and Jamaica, 1773-1774
5	19	Hopestill	1770
		Master: Batty Destination: North Carolina, 1770
5	20	Mary	1772
		Master: Shearman Destination: Gaspee, 1772
5	21	Nancy	1768
		Master: Newdigate Destination: Jamaica, 1768
5	22	Ranger	1767, 1768
		Master: Bardine Destination: Jamaica, 1767, 1768
5	23	Roby	1772
		Master: Unknown Destination: Unknown, 1772
5	24	Sally	1775-1776
		Master: Kelley Destination: North Carolina and Falkland Islands, 1775-1776 S. Aborn, Long Island and New Haven, 1776
5	25	Susannah and Sarah	1767
		Master: Pyner Destination: Jamaica, 1767
5	26	Two Brothers	1771
		Master: Brown Destination: Gaspee, 1771
E) Snows
Box	Folder	Ship Name	Sailing Year
5	27	Flora	1774, 1775
		Master: Forrester Destination: Newfoundland, 1774 London, 1775
5	28	Deborah	1774
		Master: Davenant Destination: London, 1774
5	29	Hero	1770-1771
		Master: Peters Destination: London, 1770-1771
5	30	Joseph	1770-1771
		Master: Pyner Destination: London, 1770-1771 Newfoundland and London, 1771
F) Miscellaneous
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	31	Ships and Voyages	1752-1794
		Various masters and destinations

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Series II: Mercantile Accounts, undated, 1753-1794.
The predominant language of the series is English with some Spanish and French.
Boxes 6-13
Arrangement: Primarily arranged by name of port with mercantile accounts in alphabetical order by merchant. Rhode Island ports are: Newport (Boxes 6-9), East Greenwich, Kingston, Providence and Warren (Box 10, Folders 30-44). Massachusetts ports are: Boston, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Salem, Swansey and Worcester (Box 10, Folders 1-29). Box 11 contains other American ports including: New York, Philadelphia and Poughkeepsie; and Foreign ports including: Amsterdam, Bristol, Charles Town, Curaçāo, Halifax, London, Madeira, St. Eustace, St. Nicholas Mole and Sheffield (all filed in alphabetical order). Boxes 12 and 13 contain records of accounts rendered and settled, orders, and invoices, and are grouped together by type of accounting record in chronological order.
Scope and Content: The series contains accounts transmitted by Lopez or his correspondent for services performed, goods shipped and sold, bills of exchange, labor, etc., which are not associated with any one ship or voyage. Many of the individuals with whom Lopez traded were associated with the shipping trades, and are also well represented in Series I as well as in this series. Series II also includes mercantile records of Joseph Lopez, who carried on his father's trading activities after Aaron's death in 1782.
A) Newport, Rhode Island, A-D
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	1	James & Anthony Aborn, Newport	1766-1773
6	2	Capt. Samuel Aborn, Newport	1767-1776
6	3	Capt. Benjamin Allen, Newport	1765-1777
6	4	Samuel Allen, Newport	1767-1787
6	5	Gideon Almy, Newport	1770-1775
6	6	Job Almy, Newport	1763-1787
6	7	Capt. Joshua Amy, Newport	1755-1774
6	8	John Andrews, Newport	1766-1775
6	9	Nathan Angell and Job Smith, Newport	1768-1769
6	10	Elisha Anthony, Newport	1763-1774
6	11	Stephen Ayrault, Newport	1769-1770
6	12	Peleg Barker, Newport	1764-1773
6	13	Jacob Barney, jun., Newport	1760-1774
6	14	Richard Beale, Newport	undated
6	15	Joseph Belcher, Newport	1755-1773
6	16	Woodman Billings, Newport	1769-1775
6	17	Nathaniel Bird, Newport	1767-1772
6	18	Matthew Borden, Newport	1763-1764
6	19	John Bours, Newport	1765-1772
6	20	Samuel Bours, Newport	1765-1767
6	21	John Bowen, Newport	1763-1767
6	22	Samuel Brenton, Newport	1763-1774
6	23	Capt. Nathaniel Briggs, Newport	1767-1775
6	24	Francis Brinley, Newport	1763-1781
6	25	Augustus Brown, Newport	1766-1770
6	26	Clarke Brown, Newport	1766-1775
6	27	Capt. George Brown, Newport	1769-1770
6	28	William Brown, Newport	1765-1774
6	29	Lewis Buliod, Newport	1765-1774
6	30	Joseph Burrill, Newport	1769-1778
6	31	Samuel and William Burroughs, Newport	1755-1773
6	32	Richard Bush, Newport	1763-1775
6	33	Silas Casey, Newport	1761-1774
6	34	William Chaloner, Newport, Newburyport	1768-1778
6	35	James Chambers, Newport	1764-1772
6	36	Christopher Champlin, Newport	1764-1774
6	37	Jabez Champlin, Newport	1762-1764
6	38	John Channing, Newport	1760-1772
6	39	Seth Chapin, Newport	1770-1774
6	40	Thomas Child, Newport	1773-1774
6	41	Nathaniel Clark, Newport	1763-1773
6	42	James Clarke, Newport	1772-1774
6	43	Capt. Seth Clarke, Newport	1762-1764
6	44	Walter Clarke, Newport	1768-1770
6	45	Joseph Crandall, jun., Newport	1767-1772
6	46	Thomas Cranston, Newport	1763-1774
6	47	Billings Coggeshall, Newport	1773-1774
6	48	Nathaniel and William Coggeshall, Newport	1762-1774
6	49	Peter Cooke, Newport	1756-1774
6	50	Silas Cooke, Newport	1756-1787
6	51	Gregory Cozzens, Newport	1765-1770
6	52	William Crocker, Newport	1765-1770
6	53	James Cummings, Newport	1767-1772
6	54	Capt. Henry Davenant, Newport	1773-1774
6	55	Samuel Davenport, Newport	1767-1775
6	56	Stephen Deblois, Newport	1760-1773
6	57	Jonathan Devall, Newport	1769-1770
6	58	John Dockray, Newport	1765-1766
6	59	Daniel Donham, Newport	1754-1787
6	60	Benjamin Doubleday, Newport	1762-1772
6	61	Capt. James Duncan, Newport	1765-1776
6	62	Ebenezer Dunton, Newport	1762-1774
6	63	Capt. Joseph Durfee, Newport	1761-1775
B) Newport, Rhode Island, E-K
Box	Folder	Title	Date
7	1	Capt. Thomas Earnshey, Newport	1772-1774
7	2	James Easton, Newport	1764-1774
7	3	Jonathan Easton, Newport	1762-1767
7	4	Isaac Elizer, Newport	1760-1773
7	5	Bailey Evens, Newport	1772-1774
7	6	William Finch, Newport	1756-1772
7	7	Preserved Fish, Newport	1755-1770
7	8	Henry Collins Flagg, Newport	1762-1769
7	9	Samuel Fowler, Newport	1755-1775
7	10	Miller Frost, Newport	1764-1770
7	11	Capt. William Gandal, Newport	1767
7	12	William Gardner, [Newport]	1766-1774
7	13	Peter Gaynor, Newport	1757-1775
7	14	Thomas George, Newport	1761-1772
7	15	Elisha Gibbs, Newport	1771-1775
7	16	George Gibbs, Newport	1762-1772
7	17	Lewis Ginnedo, Newport	1764-1772
7	18	William Goddard, Newport	1763-1775
7	19	Caleb Godfrey, Newport	1760-1766
7	20	Samuel Goldthwait, Newport	1765-1775
7	21	Thomas Green, Newport	1765-1774
7	22	John Greene and Co., Newport	1763-1774
7	23	Nathanael Greene, Newport	1763-1782
7	24	Samuel Greene, Newport	1766-1772
7	25	William Gyles, Newport	1766-1775
7	26	John Hadwen, Newport	1765-1775
7	27	Joseph Hammond, jun., Newport	1764-1772
7	28	Charles Handy, Newport	1765-1775
7	29	Moses and Samuel Hart, Newport	1760-1773
7	30	Naphtali Hart and Co., Newport	1760-1764
7	31	Nathan Hart, Newport	1763-1772
7	32	Capt. Nathaniel Hathaway, Newport	1768-1774
7	33	Thomas G. Hazard, Newport	1764-1774
7	34	Samuel Henshaw, Newport	1759-1770
7	35	Jeremiah Hill, Newport	1765-1774
7	36	Giles Hosier, Newport	1757-1774
7	37	John and Benjamin Howard, Newport	1765-1774
7	38	John Hubbard, Newport	1768-1769
7	39	Henry Hunter, Newport	1765-1775
7	40	Capt. John Hyer, Newport	1768-1772
7	41	Jonathan Ingell and Elkanah Richmond, Newport	1767-1770
7	42	Joshua Ingraham, Newport	1769-1774
7	43	George Irish, Newport	1767-1772
7	44	John Jenkins, Newport	1760-1764
7	45	John Jepson, Newport	1758-1759
7	46	John Johnson and Co., Newport	1766-1773
7	47	Edward Keeney, Newport	1765-1770
C) Newport, Rhode Island, L-R
Box	Folder	Title	Date
8	1	Capt. William Ladd, Newport	1763-1774
8	2	Elisha Lawton, Newport	1762-1767
8	3	Moses Levy, Newport	1760-1765
8	4	Moses Lopez, Newport	1755-1764
8	5	James Lucena, Newport	1759-1767
8	6	Samuel Lyndon, Newport	1764-1772
8	7	Uriel Lyon, Newport	1761-1764
8	8	Evan and Francis Malbone, Newport	1754-1774
8	9	Godfrey & John Malbone, Newport	1756-1764
8	10	Gould Marsh, Newport	1772-1774
8	11	Jonathan Marsh, jun., Newport	1755-1773
8	12	Benjamin Mason, Newport	1756-1774
8	13	Capt. John Mawdsley, Newport	1764-1774
8	14	Nathan Miller, Newport	1767-1775
8	15	James Millward, Newport	1763-1774
8	16	Samuel Moses, Newport	1764-1769
8	17	Nathaniel Mumford, Newport	1766-1778
8	18	Paul Mumford, Newport	1769-1770
8	19	Robert Mumford, Newport	1761-1766
8	20	William Mumford, Newport	1760-1772
8	21	Capt. John Newdigate, Newport	1766-1773
8	22	John Newton, Newport	1768-1774
8	23	Samuel Nightengale, jun., Newport	1765-1767
8	24	James Nixon, jun., Newport	1758-1767
8	25	Capt. Jeremiah Osborne, Newport	1765-1772
8	26	Jonathan Otis, Newport	1766-1769
8	27	Henry and John Overing, Newport	1761-1774
8	28	Benjamin Parmenter, Newport	1767-1775
8	29	Simon Pease, jun., Newport	1763-1774
8	30	George Hazard Peckham, Newport	1766-1773
8	31	Caleb Peckham, Newport	1762-1766
8	32	Isaac Peckham, Newport	1761-1765
8	33	Philip Peckham, Newport	1766-1773
8	34	Capt. John Peters, Newport	1767-1774
8	35	Clother Pierce, jun., Newport	1755-1771
8	36	Joseph Pike, Newport	1764-1774
8	37	Capt. William Pinnegar, Newport	1760-1769
8	38	John Pitman, Newport	1754-1774
8	39	Isaac Polock, Newport	1755-1763
8	40	Issachar Polock, Newport	1760-1767
8	41	Jacob Polock, Newport	1769-1770
8	42	Myer Polock, Newport	1761-1772
8	43	Capt. James Potter, Newport	1761-1767
8	44	Thomas Potter, jun., Newport	1766-1767
8	45	William Potter, Newport	1764-1775
8	46	John Price, Newport	1773-1783
8	47	Jacob Richardson, Newport	1760-1787
8	48	Thomas Richardson, Newport	1760-1774
8	49	William Richardson, Newport	1760-1774
8	50	Jacob Rodriguez Rivera, Newport	1754-1794
8	51	James Rogers, Newport	1763-1772
8	52	John Rogers, Newport	1771-1774
8	53	Jonathan Rogers, Newport	1764-1770
8	54	George Rome, Newport	1762-1764
8	55	Joseph and William Russell, Newport	1766-1774
D) Newport, Rhode Island, S-Z
Box	Folder	Title	Date
9	1	Elisha Sanford, Newport	1767-1774
9	2	Abraham Sarzedas, Newport	1760-1774
9	3	Joshua Saunders, Newport	1755-1766
9	4	Israel Seaman, Newport	1770
9	5	Sylvanus Shaw, Newport	1773-1775
9	6	Benjamin Shearman, Newport	1764-1774
9	7	Capt. Ebenezer Shearman, Newport	1772-1774
9	8	Capt. Seymour Sherwood, Newport	1769-1773
9	9	Robert Shouen, Newport	1767-1772
9	10	Edward Simmons, Newport	1765-1768
9	11	Gideon Sisson, Newport	1755-1773
9	12	Capt. Lavis Sisson, Newport	1774-1776
9	13	John Slocum, Newport	1764-1772
9	14	Joseph Southwick, Newport	1766-1774
9	15	Solomon Southwick, Newport	1773-1787
9	16	Henry Sowle, Newport	1766-1771
9	17	Charles Spooner, Newport	1765-1767
9	18	Samuel Spooner, Newport	1763-1765
9	19	Joab Stafford, Newport	1767
9	20	William Stall, Newport	1773-1775
9	21	Thomas G. Stelle, Newport	1764-1775
9	22	John Stevens, Newport	1755-1770
9	23	William Stevens, Newport	1762-1767
9	24	Capt. Zebediah Story, Newport	1772-1776
9	25	Capt. John Strange, Newport	1763-1774
9	26	George Taber, Newport	1774-1782
9	27	Constant Tabor, Newport	1767-1774
9	28	Caleb Tappan, Newport	1769-1770
9	29	William Tayer, Newport	1767-1775
9	30	Richard Thomas, Newport	1763-1769
9	31	John Thurston, Newport	1761-1774
9	32	Estate of Joseph Thurston, Newport	1769-1775
9	33	Peleg Thurston and Sons, Newport	1761-1770
9	34	William Tilley, Newport	1771-1775
9	35	Jonathan Tillinghast, Newport	1769-1771
9	36	Nicholas and Daniel Tillinghast, Newport	1764-1775
9	37	Thomas Tillinghast, Newport	1766-1769
9	38	Israel Tisdale, Newport	1765-1767
9	39	John Toppham, Newport	1755-1767
9	40	Eleazar Trevett, Newport	1765-1771
9	41	Samuel and John Treby, Newport	1757-1774
9	42	Capt. Peregrine van Emburgh, Newport	1767-1774
9	43	Thomas Vernon, Newport	1754-1774
9	44	Capt. Peter Vredenburgh, Newport	1769-1775
9	45	Henry Wall, Newport	1760-1770
9	46	Oliver Ring Warner, Newport	1765-1770
9	47	Capt. John Warren, Newport	1764-1772
9	48	John and Gideon Wanton, Newport	1763-1766
9	49	Joseph and William Wanton, Newport	1761-1769
9	50	Joseph Wanton, jun., Newport	1756-1763
9	51	Peter Weaver and Benjamin Davis, Newport	1764-1767
9	52	Samuel Whitehorne, Newport	1766-1768
9	53	Benjamin Wickham, Newport	1761-1767
9	54	Thomas Wickham, jun., Newport	1763-1769
9	55	Philip Wilkinson and Daniel Ayrault, Newport	1755-1768
9	56	Benjamin and Anthony Willbour, Newport	1764-1774
9	57	Jonathan Willson, Newport	1755-1774
9	58	Richard Woodman, Newport	1768-1770
9	59	Capt. Benjamin Wright, Newport	1765-1774
9	60	John Wyatt, Newport	1770-1773
9	61	Capt. Lemuel Wyatt, Newport	1763-1767
9	62	Standfast Wyatt, Newport	1766-1786
9	63	Yeates and Cahoone, Newport	1762-1774
E) Massachusetts Ports
Box	Folder	Title	Date
10	1	Charles Ward Apthorp and Co., Boston	1760-1761
10	2	André Carante, Boston	1779
10	3	Gilbert DeBlois, Boston	1760-1763
10	4	Lewis DeBlois, Boston	1760-1767
10	5	Benjamin Goldthwait, Boston	1778
10	6	Hastings and Lopez, Boston	1781-1783
10	7	Thomas Lee, Boston	1767-1778
10	8	Henry Lloyd, Boston	1760-1767
10	9	Otis and Andrews, Boston	1767-1778
10	10	Daniel Dennison Rogers, Boston	1779
10	11	Nathan Spear, jun., Boston	1778
10	12	Nathaniel Wheatley, Boston	1767-1770
10	13	John White, jun., Boston	1778
10	14	Charles Church and Co., Dartmouth	1763-1771
10	15	William Davis, Dartmouth	1762-1771
10	16	Joseph Rotch and Co., New Bedford	1760-1773
10	17	Rotch and Jarvis, New Bedford	1777-1778
10	18	Cleveland and Flagg, Salem	1778
10	19	Jonathan Hastings, jun., [Salem]	1778
10	20	M. Lafitte, Salem	1778
10	21	Jonathan Lambert, Salem	1778
10	22	Capt. Joseph Lee, Salem	1778
10	23	Jonathan Peele, Salem	1778
10	24	W. Pickman and Co., Salem	1778
10	25	Tucker and Foster, Salem	1778
10	26	Benjamin Bowers, Swansey	1763-1772
10	27	Henry Bowers, Swansey	1762-1774
10	28	Elijah Stephens, Swansey	1761-1763
10	29	John Nazro, Worcester	1781-1783
F) Rhode Island Ports (other than Newport)
10	30	John Reynolds, East Greenwich	1769-1772
10	31	Rowland Robinson, Kingston	1773-1774
10	32	Joseph Brown and Nicholas Power, Providence	1769-1787
10	33	Nicholas Brown and Co., Providence	1767-1775
10	34	Jacobs and Lopez, Providence	1779-1782
10	35	Tillinghast and Holyroyd, Providence	1772-1782
10	36	Caleb Carr, Warren	1762-1764
10	37	Robert Carr, Warren	1763-1773
10	38	John Child, Warren	1767-1778
10	39	Caleb and Cromwell Childs, Warren	1763-1773
10	40	Sylvester Childs, Warren	1767-1775
10	41	Ebenezer Cole, Warren	1764-1773
10	42	Martin Luther, Warren	1763-1774
10	43	Samuel Luther, Warren	1762-1763
10	44	Caleb Turner, Warren	1771-1774
G) Other American and Foreign Ports
Box	Folder	Title	Date
11	1	Daniel Crommelein and Sons, Amsterdam	1773-1783
11	2	John Turner and Son, Amsterdam	1760-1771
11	3	Henry Cruger, Bristol	1765-1773
11	4	Isaac Da Costa, Charles Town	1764-1765
11	5	Lane Bensons and Vaughn, Cork	1766
11	6	David Haim Dovale, Curaçāo	1773
11	7	Godfrey Laycock, Halifax	1761-1769
11	8	Hayley and Hopkins-Accounts current & interest, London	1768-1774
11	9	Hayley and Hopkins-Invoices for merchandise, London	1769-1773
11	10	Hayley and Hopkins-Insurance, London	1770-1774
11	11	Hayley and Hopkins-Account sales and freight, London	1769-1774
11	12	George Hayley, London	1767-1768
11	13	William Stead, London	1763-1770
11	14	Ximenes and Lousada, London	1769
11	15	Joseph Gardoqui and Sons, Madeira	1780-1782
11	16	Capt. Joseph Reply, New Bern	1764-1775
11	17	Samuel Broome and Co., New York	1769-1770
11	18	John Harris Cruger, New York	1767-1770
11	19	Capt. Joshua de St. Croix, New York	1764-1775
11	20	Walter and Samuel Franklin, New York	1760-1765
11	21	Isaac Guion, New York	1770
11	22	Uriah Hendricks, New York	1760-1774
11	23	John Hull, New York	1769-1770
11	24	James Jauncey, New York	1760
11	25	Capt. Robert Lawton, New York	1755-1772
11	26	Hayman Levy, New York	1760-1779
11	27	Daniel Ludlow, New York	1772-1773
11	28	Gabriel Ludlow, New York	1760-1769
11	29	Mercer and Ramsey, New York	1760
11	30	Stephen Rapalye, New York	1770-1775
11	31	Abraham Remsen, New York	1765-1767
11	32	Charles Hinckley, Norwich	1768-1769
11	33	Jabez Perkins, Norwich	1773-1775
11	34	Capt. Joseph Anthony, Philadelphia	1763-1774
11	35	Capt. William Grinnell, Philadelphia	1769-1774
11	36	Capt. Valentine Wightman, Philadelphia	1769
11	37	Woodham and Young, Philadelphia	1761
11	38	Cornelius TerBush, Poughkeepsie	1782
11	39	Samson Mears, St. Eustace	1769-1774
11	40	Manuel Rodrigues, St. Nicholas Mole	undated
11	41	Broadbent and Bland, Sheffield	1762-1767
H) Miscellaneous Figures and General Accounts
Box	Folder	Title	Date
12	1	Accounts for Ships' Cargos, Newport	undated
12	2	Accounts for Ships' Outfits, Newport	undated
12	3	Shop Goods Inventory, Newport	undated
12	4	Accounts for Spermaceti, oil & head matter, Newport	1756-1768
12	5	Oil house and spermaceti refinery, Newport	1754-1770
12	6	Accounts for Laborers, Newport	1763-1773
12	7	Household Accounts, Newport	1757-1787
12	8	Accounts for Sugar, Molasses and Rum, Newport	1755-1778
12	9	Accounts for Flour and Bread, Newport	1765-1782
12	10	Accounts for Wood, Board, Staves and Plank, Newport	1760-1774
12	11	Accounts for Freight, Trucking and Cartage, Newport	1755-1782
12	12	Accounts-Bills of Exchange	1755-1782
12	13	Miscellaneous unidentified figures	undated
12	14	Miscellaneous invoices	1760-1769
12	15	Miscellaneous invoices	1770-1778
12	16	Miscellaneous invoices	1779-1780
12	17	Miscellaneous orders	1755-1769
12	18	Miscellaneous orders	1770-1787
Box	Folder	Title	Date
13	1	Miscellaneous bills	1753-1768
13	2	Miscellaneous bills	1769
13	3	Miscellaneous bills	1770-1787
13	4	Unidentified and damaged accounts	undated
13	5	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1753-1763
13	6	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1764-1766
13	7	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1767
13	8	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1768-1769
13	9	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1770
13	10	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1771-1772
13	11	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1773
13	12	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1774
13	13	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1774
13	14	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1775-1781
13	15	Miscellaneous accounts rendered and settled	1782-1787

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Series III: Correspondence, 1752-1783, 1953.
The predominant language in this series is English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Box 14, Folders 1-38
Arrangement: The original correspondence files have been arranged by correspondent in chronological sequence; the typescripts have been arranged strictly by chronology.
Scope and Content: This series consists of general correspondence in both holograph and typescript format. The original manuscript correspondence comprises 66 items (some of which have been microfilmed); the remaining files are typescripts of holographic Lopez correspondence found in the Newport Historical Society and other repositories.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14	1	Hayley and Hopkins (London)	1766-1772
14	2	Henry Lloyd (Boston)	1767
14	3	Abraham Pereira Mendes (Jamaica)	1767-1768
14	4	Abraham Lopez (Jamaica)	1770-1771
14	5	James Lucena (Savannah, Georgia)	1771-1772
14	6	Joshua Hart (Charlestown, South Carolina)	1772
14	7	Silas Cooke (Middletown, Rhode Island)	1776
14	8	Moses de Daniel Gomez (Philadelphia)	1780
14	9	David Lopez, jun. (Boston & Providence)	1782-1783
14	10	Miscellaneous holograph correspondence	1758-1783
14	11	Typescript correspondence	1752
14	12	Typescript correspondence	1753
14	13	Typescript correspondence	1754
14	14	Typescript correspondence	1756
14	15	Typescript correspondence	1757
14	16	Typescript correspondence	1759
14	17	Typescript correspondence	1760
14	18	Typescript correspondence	1761
14	19	Typescript correspondence	1762
14	20	Typescript correspondence	1763
14	21	Typescript correspondence	1764
14	22	Typescript correspondence	1765
14	23	Typescript correspondence	1767
14	24	Typescript correspondence	1768
14	25	Typescript correspondence	1769
14	26	Typescript correspondence	1770
14	27	Typescript correspondence	1771
14	28	Typescript correspondence	1772
14	29	Typescript correspondence	1773
14	30	Typescript correspondence	1774
14	31	Typescript correspondence	1775
14	32	Typescript correspondence	1776
14	33	Typescript correspondence	1777
14	34	Typescript correspondence	1779
14	35	Typescript correspondence	1780
14	36	Typescript correspondence	1781
14	37	Typescript correspondence	1782
14	38	Newspaper article about Lopez, The Jewish Advocate, "Aaron Lopez-Newport, 1777"	January 15, 1953

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Series IV: Photostats from other Repositories (Naturalization Papers and Shipping Records and Manifests) and Estate Inventories for Joshua Lopez and Juliet Lopez Levy , 1762-1764, 1766, 1771, 1772, 1846, 1852.
The predominant language in this series is English.
Box 14, Folders 39-41
Arrangement: Arranged by individual Lopez family member.
Scope and Content: Consists of photostats (donated by Boston attorney and collector Lee Max Freidman) pertaining to the various efforts of Aaron Lopez to obtain naturalization as a British citizen in Rhode Island and Massachusetts between 1760 and 1762. Among the Photostats are ship records and manifests for the Ship Cleopatra; Master, Nathaniel Briggs; Destination, Barbados and St. Nicholas Mole, 1772 (see also Box 3, Folder 10); the Sloop Industry; Master, John Hyer; Destination, Jamaica, 1766 (see also Box 4, Folder 20); and the Sloop Swansey; Master, Francis Bradfield; Destination, Kingston in Jamaica, 1766 (see also Box 5, Folder 2). The folder also includes an Aaron Lopez account with Yeates and Cahoone, unknown city of residence, 1771. [NB: The originals of these records can be found in the Suffolk Files collection of the Massachusetts State Archives and in the collection of the Rhode Island State Archives]. In addition, this Series contains Inventories of Estates for two of the children of Aaron Lopez, Joshua and Juliet.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
14	39	[Aaron Lopez] Naturalization Papers [Shipping Records and Manifests] (photostats from other repositories)	1762-1764, 1766, 1771, 1772
14	40	Joshua Lopez (Inventory of Estate)	1846
14	41	Juliet Lopez Levy (Inventory of Estate)	1852

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