Apropos of a question at Carla Vieira's talk last night from, I think, Bernard Miller, I've found a mention of an interaction between Bevis Marks and the Kahal of Rhode Island in the Minutes of the Elders. On folio 102, the Minutes for 5 Ab 5514 (27 July 1754) record receipt of a letter from the Jews of "New Port Road Island" requesting help to build a synagogue "on that island" (sic). Later, the Minutes indicate that the request was refused (folio 103).