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Israel Thorndike
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Born
(1755-04-30)April 30, 1755
Beverly, Massachusetts
Died
May 9, 1832(1832-05-09) (aged 77)
Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation(s)
Cooper, privateer, shipping magnate, real estate speculator, manufacturer
Organization(s)
Brown and Thorndike
Spouse(s)
Mercy Trask, Anna Dodge, Sarah Dana
Israel Thorndike (April 30, 1755 – May 9, 1832) was an American merchant, politician, industrialist, and slave trader. He made a fortune in privateering and the Old China Trade,[1] was active in Federalist Party politics during the Thomas Jefferson and James Madison administrations, and later was one of the largest financiers of the early Industrial Revolution in the United States.
^"Thorndike, Israel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 6. 1889. p. 103.
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