[p. 83] Middlesex canal paid dividends for a time. As to Mr. Touro's shipyard or vessels he had built in Medford—we fail to find even the slightest mention of any such in that long list compiled by Rev. Augustus Baker in 1846. Yet, Mr. Touro, with his wealth, may have been a ‘silent partner’ in that great Medford business of a century ago. As said above, his name is preserved, and is in daily use in Medford in Touro avenue, but we know of no relic of his old home other than the iron fireback taken from the chimney and given to the Royall House Association. Abraham Touro was the son of Rev. Isaac Touro, and had a brother Judah, who was seriously wounded ‘on the field of Chalmette,’ in the battle which occurred after peace was declared. Rescued by his ‘dear, old and devoted friend,’ Rezen Davis Shepherd, he lived for nearly forty years, dying at Richmond, Va., at the age of seventy-seven years. It may be remembered that his gift of $10,000 contributed largely to success in the erection of Bunker Hill monument. The Touros sleep in the Jewish cemetery at Newport, R. I. Doubtless the inscription on Judah's tablet may be well applied to Abraham of Medford,
By righteousness and integrity he collected his wealth, In charity and salvation he dispensed it.
