Seixas

Seixas, who referred to his co-religionists as the "children of the Stock of Abraham," wrote of his community's gratitude to be able to behold "a Government, which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance."

A Missing Monument to Religious Freedom Seth Lipsky 2011

In 1790, George Washington exchanged letters with Moses Seixas, the warden of the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, R.I. Seixas praised the newly formed United States for "affording to All liberty of conscience, and immunities of citizenship."

United We Stand for Religious Freedom Donald Wuerl 2012

In 337 words it echoed Seixas's language and then some, expressing the hope that the Jews "who dwell in this land" would "continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid."

A Missing Monument to Religious Freedom Seth Lipsky 2011

Indeed, her great-great uncle Moses Mendes Seixas, a leader of the Jewish community in Newport, R.I., exchanged correspondence with George Washington .

Knowing Emma Lazarus Ralph Gardner Jr. 2012

Getty Images Washington was replying to a greeting sent to him by Moses Seixas, warden of Newport's Congregation Kahal Kadosh Yeshuat Israel, on the eve of the new president's visit to the city.

A Missing Monument to Religious Freedom Seth Lipsky 2011

Grace Seixas married Simon Nathan in 1780 and together they had one son, Isaac Mendes Seixas Nathan.

Personal Information for Grace Seixas Nathan 2010

In addition to vowing "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance" -- wording (it must be revealed) Washington cadged from the letter of invitation from the Congregation's warden Moses Seixas -- the new president underscored the "immunities of citizenship" (also Seixas 'term) and expanded with this important distinction the new nation would make:

Carla Seaquist: A Mosque at Ground Zero: Desperately Seeking George Washington's Wisdom 2010

Grace Seixas married Simon Nathan in 1780 and together they had one son, Isaac Mendes Seixas Nathan.

Personal Information for Grace Seixas Nathan Jewish Women's Archive 2010

Descended from the Seixas family of precolonial America, Meyer educated herself during her unstable childhood.

Personal Information for Annie Nathan Meyer Jewish Women's Archive 2010

Descended from the Seixas family of precolonial America, Meyer educated herself during her unstable childhood.

Personal Information for Annie Nathan Meyer 2010