Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785

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Dates:
Birth 1740-04-07
Death 1785-01-06

Biographical notes:

Haym Salomon was a Polish-born Jewish businessman and political financial broker who assisted the Superintendent of Finance, English-born Robert Morris, as the prime financier of the rebel American side during the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.

Having immigrated to New York City from Poland, Salomon aided the Continental Army during the period of the American Revolution and helped convert French loans into ready cash by selling bills of exchange for Morris, the superintendent of finance. He also brokered large donations, and donated his entire fortune, to the American Revolutionary army and various Founding Fathers of the United States of America.

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Subjects:

  • Revolutionary War, American, 1775-1783
  • Ketubah
  • Money

Occupations:

  • Brokers

Places:

  • PA, US
  • 86, PL
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (City) (as recorded)

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