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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Salomon, Haym
Title:	Haym Salomon collection
Dates:	undated, 1777-1982
Abstract:	Contains a number of original manuscripts 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.
Languages:	The collection is in English and French.
Quantity:	2.5 linear feet (5 manuscript boxes, 2 oversized folders)
Identification:	P-41
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

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Scope and Content Note

Contains a number of original manuscripts 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.

Collection also contains correspondence, printed material and data relating to Haym Salomon, particularly to his financial role in the Revolutionary War and the validity of his descendants' claims for reimbursement, and to the controversy over the erection of a Haym Salomon monument in Madison Square in New York City, including a report and related material by Samuel Oppenheim (1926) and a report and letters of Ruth L. Benjamin (1927) to a sub-committee composed of Max J. Kohler, Leon Hühner and Albert M. Friedenberg and reports by the overall committee organized by Judge Grossman (1925-1927) relating to Salomon's role in the Revolution; a report of a sub-committee of the New York City ... Commission (1925); material ... pertaining to the work of the Haym Salomon Monument Committee of the Federation of Polish Jews in America; correspondence of Kohler and a typed bibliography with transcriptions of various documents prepared by Laura L. Nichols of the Library of Congress.

The collection was compiled by a number of people including: Francis Hopkinson, Abraham Isaac Abrahams, Max James Kohler, Ruth L. Benjamin, Albert Marx Friedenberg, Leon Hühner, Samuel Oppenheim, and Moses H. Grossman.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged into a single series.

• Haym Salomon Collection, undated, 1777-1982

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:

American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
E-mail: reference@ajhs.org

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Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Abrahams, Abraham Isaac, 1720-1796
  • Benjamin, Ruth L.
  • Friedenberg, Albert Marx, 1881-
  • Grossman, Moses H.
  • Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
  • Hühner, Leon, 1871-1957
  • Kohler, Max James, 1871-1934
  • Levy, Barnet
  • Oppenheim, Samuel, 1859-1928
  • Salomon family
  • Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785

• Subject Organizations:

  • Federation of Polish Jews in America

• Subject Topics:

  • Ketubah

• Subject Places:

  • New York (City)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • United States -- Economic conditions
  • United States -- History -- Revolutionary War

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Haym Salomon collection, undated, 1777-1982.
English, French.
2.5 linear feet (5 manuscript boxes), 2 oversized folders
Scope and Content: See collection Scope and Content Note.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1		18th century materials	1777-1787, 1979-1982
1		Oppenheim Report and related materials	undated, 1918-1926
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2		Oppenheim Report and related materials	undated, 1918-1926
2		Report and Letters of Ruth L. Benjamin	1927
2		Reports of Committee organized by Judge Crossman	1925-1927
2		Haym Salomon Monument Committee	1925-1927
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3		19th and 20th century materials	undated, 1860-1971
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4-5		Family prayerbooks and bibles	undated
Box	Folder	Title	Date
OS1F	1	Inventory of the Salomon (1786) Gift; Barnet Levy Documents (1784)	1784, 1786
Box	Folder	Title	Date
OS2F	1	Ketubah - marriage to Rachel Franks	1777

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