Solomon Franco was a

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convert to Anglicanism who combined his interest in Cabalism with support for the English monarchy. In 1649, Solomon Franco moved from New Amsterdam (later New York City) to become the first Jew recorded as living in the

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area. However he was soon paid off by

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of the General Court, provided he set sail for

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within a few weeks. Although a Rabbi, in 1668 he converted to Anglicanism, publishing ''Truth springing out of the earth'' in the same year. A second edition was published in 1670.

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