Isaac Moses

American merchant and banker (1742–1818)

Isaac Moses
Portrait of Moses by John Jarvis
Bornc. 1742
Died16 April 1818 (aged c. 76)

Isaac Moses (c. 1742 – 16 April 1818) was an American merchant and banker who helped establish the Bank of North America in 1781.[1][2] Born in the Holy Roman Empire, he emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies in 1764.

References

  1. ^ "Moses, Isaac". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Stephen, Birmingham (1967). Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York. New York: Harper & Row. p. 43.

Further reading

  • Marcus, Jacob Rader (1989). "The traditional economy: Isaac Moses and Moses Myers". United States Jewry, 1776–1985, Volume 12. Wayne State University Press. pp. 142–145. ISBN 0-8143-2186-0.
  • Christopher Carnes, Mark; American Council of Learned Societies (2002). American National Biography: Supplement. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 397. ISBN 9780195222029. OCLC 52547928.
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