Haym Salomon collection [electronic resource], 1777-1982 1820-1930. [1777-1982]

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Haym Salomon collection [electronic resource], 1777-1982 1820-1930. [1777-1982]

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Contains a number of original mss. of Haym Salomon including his marriage contract with Rachel Franks (1777), a bank note signed by Francis Hopkinson, Treasurer of Loans (1780), 2 bank drafts in French (1784), a letter book containing both personal and business correspondence (1781-1783), a letter from Abraham I. Abrahams (1783), documents relating to estate of Barnet Levy (1784) and several sales lists (1784). Also contains a family record kept by his son, Haym Moses Salomon; a set of Bibles sold to H.M. Salomon by Ephraim Hart, and given to his son David Salomon, which contains family records and lists of children of Haym Salomon and Haym M. Salomon; several prayer books belonging to the Salomon family; several letters of Ezekiel Salomon (1819) and a petition of Rachel Helborne, widow of Haym Salomon, to Orphan's Court, Philadelphia (1787), requesting appointment of guardians for children.

Université d’Ottawa, University of Ottawa

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Université d’Ottawa, University of Ottawa

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American Jewish Historical Society

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Solomon family.

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Adam Matthew Education (Firm)

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Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785

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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 superintende...

Federation of Polish Jews in America

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