In 1748, some prominent London Jews set on foot a scheme for the acquisition of a tract of (809 km2) of land in South Carolina. Nothing came of this, however, though on November 27, 1755, Joseph Salvador purchased (405 km2) of land near Fort Ninety-six for £2,000. Twenty years later Salvador sold (243 km2) of land for £3,000 to thirteen London Sephardic Jews. This land was known as the "Jews' Lands." Another of the Salvadors (Francis Salvador, the nephew of Joseph) purchased extensive tracts of land in the same vicinity in 1773–74. Moses Lindo, likewise a London Jew, who arrived in 1756, became actively engaged in indigo manufacture, spending large sums in its development, and making this one of the principal industries of the state.