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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 23., The Touro house and its owner. (search)
een large, but he had the way of his people in getting along in the world of trade. Perhaps he entered into much of the good will of the business of his uncle, Moses Michael Hays, and then he acted in the interests of himself and his brother, Judah Touro of New Orleans. His vessels were known in many a port, and though plying between Boston and the ports of the Indies, his new vessels were from his own stocks and shipyard in Medford, to which place also his vessels in need of repairs resortedthe breath away of this last organization. Their gifts had not been in large sums, but it came at a most opportune time. He himself felt the need of the highest surgical skill. If he could have had it perhaps his life could have been saved. Mr. Touro also remembered the town government of Newport with the sum of $10,000 for the repairing and the preserving of the street from the Jewish Burying Ground to Main street. The town might well name the same Touro avenue. The asylum for boys, and al