'''Solomon Franco''' was a Jewish convert to Anglicanism who combined his interest in Kabbalah 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 Boston area. However he was soon paid off by Puritans of the General Court, provided he set sail for Holland within a few weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Jews Petition for First Cemetery| date=4 May 2008 |url=http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=128|publisher=Mass Moments|accessdate=14 August 2013}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Franco|first=Solomon|title=Truth springing out of the earth|year=1670|publisher=John Williams|location=London|url=http://sbufind.library.stonybrook.edu/vufind/Record/STB001566186/Details}}</ref>

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