Haym Solomon

America has always been a nation of immigrants. Back when there were no “Americans” only English colonists, one man became one of the original great immigration stories in American history. Haym Solomon was a brilliant financier, who had worked with Meyer Rothschild and then moved to New York some time in the early 1770’s. Wars require capital and the Americans had little of it. Indeed, not only did the Continental Congress have little gold or silver, there was little to be had on this side of the Atlantic period. Solomon created some of the early American debt securities and was so widely respected for his honesty and ability that the French named him paymaster for their soldiers here. Without his efforts, the revolution might have stopped simply for lack of funds. Solomon is a true unsung hero of the revolution. https://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/jewish-financier-haym-solomon-is-born.html?fbclid=IwAR2nwTwOLnDWIm0tbZJ5Kk2FUzQM-4f8v4OMPL9Gqv5aSM_1zxtJY4K-SzM

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