receipt of funds from various peoples who were helping to raise money for the revolution including haym solomonsolomon was a member of the synagogue is started this museum. one of the big stars of our exhibition is right here. this is correspondence between george washington and the jewish congregation of newport, rhode island. these are on loan to us for the morgenstern foundation. we are very excited to have these on loan. in august of 1790, washington travel to newport, rhode island to thank the community for ratifying the constitution. the last state to ratify the constitution. when he arrived various groups addressed him as he sat, including the jewish community of newport. this is the address that was read out loud to washington that day. august 17. very quickly afterwards, probably within a few days, washington would write back to the congregation a very eloquent letter confirming his belief that the new nation -- and his commitment to religious tolerance in the new nation. really one of the founding documents for american jewish history. is a very important thing for us to have on displ