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>There is no record of the thousands of ships

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919556
https://thepublicsradio.org/episode/aaron-lopez-the-irony-of-the-merchant-prince-of-newport
https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lopez-aaron
https://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss541.htm