About: Israel Thorndike
An Entity of Type: animal,
from Named Graph: http://dbpedia.org,
within Data Space: dbpedia.org:8891
Israel Thorndike (April 30, 1755 – May 9, 1832) 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.
_-_H643_-_Harvard_Art_Museums.jpg?width=300)
_-_H643_-_Harvard_Art_Museums.jpg){kind=link}