The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02

of Robert Morris to serve as q means
OF obtaining funds to carry on the
government, the first and only bank
chartered by the Revolutionary Con-
gress. The accounts of ffteen other
merchants who commenced with the
opening of the bank occupied. in all.
fifteen pages UP to the period of
Salomon's death. while Salomon's ac-
count occupied in all fifteen pages,
double columns, of the same ledger
Salomon's ono account was as large
as their entire account in the aggre-
gate The balance at the various times
OF settlement in his bank book snow
$4,000 at each period. The amount
charged by the bank to his account
MS paid by Robert Morris was over
100000, while Robert Morris's own
account during the same period has
deposit OF less than $4,000. A further
interesting fact is that on q day when
Robert Morris deposited $4,000 in the
bank he received exactly the same
amount from Haym Solomon.
Morris's diary, August IS, 1882,
records: II sent for Solomon and de-
sired him to try every way he could
to raise money" Two days later he
wrote: "Salomon. the broker. came and
/ urged him to leave no stone unturned
to find out money and the means by
which / can obtain IT."
Not only did Solomon advance large
sums to the government. for which he
received no return. but the services
of James Madison. Edmund Randolph.
Generals Mittlin, ST. Clair and others
were retained In the cause through his
bounty. In Madison's letter to Vir-
ginla In 1881 he writes: MY wants
are so urgent that 1t is Impossible to
suppress them. The case of my
brethren is equally alarming" Later
he declares: The kindness of our
friend in Front Street (Mr. Salomon)
is fund that will preserve me from
extreme necessities. but 1 never re-
sort to 1t without great modification.
as he obstinately rejects ALI recon-
pense. To nesessitous delegates he
gratutously spares from his private
stock"
Henry Wheaton says Judge VIII
son. so distinguished for his labors in
the Convention that framed the Fed
eral Constitution. would have retired
from public service had he not been
sustained by the timely aid OF Haym
Solomon, as delicately as 1t was gen
erously administered"
Pays Them All.
When Solomon was called on to ad-
vance the CENTRE pay for the ensuing
year to Jones. Randolph and Madison,
as members Of the Revolutionary Con-
gress. they had in writing allotted that
Madison should get $50 less than the
other two. but Solomon, seeing In
young Madison. then only twenty mine
years old. those great talents for which
he became distinguished In after years.
presented him. from his own private
purse. the ESQ, thus equalizlng the pay
OF the whole delegation.
James Madison. twice President of
the United states, the most learned
and patriotic member of the Revo!u-
tionary Congress. thus paid his tribute
TO Salomon's devotion and bounty:
when any member was in need all
that was necessary was to call upon
Solomon"
Not only did Solomon aid his home
government, but he was the confden-
tial friend and adviser of agents,
consuls and representatives Of foreign
powers In sympathy with the Revo
lutionary movement. He had confden-
tial relations with all the foreign rep
resentatives at one time or another. He
was the confidential friend of the ar
dent adherent to the American cause.
Count de In LuZerne. ambassador for
France. With this appointment Salo-
mon was made banker for that gov
eminent. He was appointed by Mon
sieur Roquerbrune. treasurer of the
loTCeS Oh FTunCe III America, ana maze
paymaster-general. which office he
filled free OF charge.
Always eager to help his fellowmen,
he gave every assistance possible to
those who commenced trading after
the war To the president of the Ma
tional Bank, whose partner was the
Superintendent of Finance, he gave two
loans of $4,000 and $4,000. and with
out interest The firm was known as
Willing, Morris s. Swanick. 1t Is
doubtful II he ever got any of his
money back.
So successful had Solomon become
that he opened up an establishment in
New York.
His Obituary.
Solomon died suddenly in Philadel-
phia January 6. 1855, at forty five
years OF age. He left widow and four
small children, to use the language of
the congressional report. ito hazard
and neglect" Here is his obituary
notice, taken from the Pennsylvania
Journal and weekly Advertiser of jan
uary 5, 1885: ION Thursday died Haym
Solomon. broker" That Is all; not a
word about his princely fortune to the
new republic, nothing about his self
denying gifts whereby the great
geniuses of Revolutionary days cou.a
give the service that constructed the
greatest nation on the globe; nothing
about his leadership in tho first chart
table organization among the Jews (
Philadelphia. n society for the relief
his loyalty to the ancient faith. his
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