THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 1, 1966-3
The Glorious Fourth
(Continued from Page . 1)
were "living- it up," Rebecca was
queen of the affair. Mayor Andre,
who came to so tragic an end,
painted her portrait. When the
British had to leave Philadelphia
her social life apparently became
very dull.;She wrote to a friend
about the tzbsence of "beaus" and
asked "where can the wretches
be?"
When independence was finalcy
declared, New York became the
primary area of fighting, and Rabbi
Seixas took flight to Connecticut.
Later he went to Philadelphia,
where he helped establish the Mik-
veh Israel congregation.
Rabbi Seixas was highly thought
of by non-Jews as well as Jews. He
s chosen a trustee of Columbia
She was the author of a poem
liege, which was then an Episco- satirizing the revolutionists. She
1 institution.
Ha yim Salomon who did so married a British officer, Sir Henry
much to help Robert Morris finance Johnson. In after years, she is re-
the Revolution, suffered imprison- ported as having said she regretted
ment, and the British, it is said, de- taking the wrong side during the
rived much fun by subjecting him Revolution.
to a diet of pork. The British did a
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good deal of laughing during the
•war, but at the end the Americans
laughed and Salomon could know
that he did much to help bring
about this good end.
In addition to his financial serv-
ices, Salomon, since • he knew Ger-
man, was used to cope with the
problem of the Hessian or German
soldiers whom the British hired to
do much of their fighting. The Hes-
sians were rated very good soldiers
but they were even better ganovim.
They were famous especially for
stealing silverware. But while they
were supposed only to loot the
homes of the revolutionists, they
were willing to steal from all sides.
In Newport, R.I., Rabbi Isaac C.
Touro was forced like Rabbi Seixas
to flee. The Newport community
was the most thriving Jewish set-
tlement in America. It owed a
good deal of its eminence to Aaron
Lopez, who was the biggest ship-
ping operator in America: He con-
trolled some 30 ships. He sus-
tained as great a financial loss in
the Revolution as any American.
Most- of his ships were seized by
the British.
Westchester, N.Y., was the home-
stead of the Hayes brothers — six
ardent patriots. The Hayes home
was set on fire by the British. One
of them, "Uncle Ben," was called
by his Christian neighbors "the
best Christian in Westchester,"
the term referring to his ethical
conduct rather than to his theology.
In Georgia, David Emanuel and a
fellow Georgian were captured by
the British and ordered shot on the
spot, but they asked for a few min-
utes for prayer, which was granted.
Emanuel used the free moment to
jump on his horse , and escape.
After th
e Revolution, he was elect-
ed governor of Georgia. Emanuel
County in that state is named after
him.
The first .casualty in South Caro-
lina was Francis Salvador. Story
tells how he mounted his horse to
alert the patriots on the arrival of
the enemy. The British egged on
he Indians to attack the whites.
lvador died in one such attack
d was scalped., by the Indians. He
d been a member of the Provin-
cial Congress of South Carolina.
The many-branched Franks fam-
ily was to be found on both sides.
Isaac Franks was for a time on the
staff of Washington. Col. David
Salisbury Franks later bebame very
friendly with Jefferson. The Amer-
ican artist Trumball who was from
New England was once at Jeffer-
son's home and was being "kidded"
by Senator Giles of Virginia on the
over-religiosity of the New England
Puritans, but Col. Franks spoke up
in their defense. Trumball turned
to Jefferson and said: "Isn't it
strange in a Christian home the
only Man who stands up for the
Christian clergy is a Jew."
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