August 17th, 1790, Moses Sexias, warden of the Touro Synagogue, sent a letter to the President of the United States to inform him that the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island weren’t getting the same rights, even though they were citizens. Washington replied assuring them that they had nothing to fear, and that the new government would “give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” As Washington stated in his letter to Moses Sexias, “All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities…
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