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About Israel Thorndike
Israel Thorndike was an American merchant, politician, industrialist, and slave trader. He made a fortune in privateering and the Old China Trade, was active in Federalist Party politics during the Thomas Jefferson and James Madison administrations, and later was one of the largest financiers of the early Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Everything about Israel Thorndike →- Occupation
- privateer, politician, sailor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 30, 1755
- Died
- May 9, 1832