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12-19-2013, 09:08 PM
Haym Solomon (or Salomon) (April 7, 1740 – January 6, 1785) was a Polish-Ashkenazi Jew who immigrated to New York from Poland during the period of the American Revolution. He was a broker and helped convert the French loans into ready cash by selling bills of exchange for Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance. In this way he aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.[1]
Haym Solomon was born in Leszno (Lissa) Poland,in the year 1740. His family was of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish origins, but had lived in Poland as Ashkenazim for several generations.[2] Although all Jews in Eastern Europe spoke Yiddish (Judeo-German), some claim that because Solomon left Poland as a young lad he did not know how to properly read and write Yiddish.[3] In his youth, he studied Hebrew.[4] During his travels in western Europe, he acquired a knowledge of finance as well as fluency in several other languages, such as German. He returned to Poland in 1770 but left for England two years later in the wake of the Polish partition. In 1775, he immigrated to New York City, where he established himself as a financial broker for merchants engaged in overseas trade.[5][6]
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Haym Solomon was born in Leszno (Lissa) Poland,in the year 1740. His family was of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish origins, but had lived in Poland as Ashkenazim for several generations.[2] Although all Jews in Eastern Europe spoke Yiddish (Judeo-German), some claim that because Solomon left Poland as a young lad he did not know how to properly read and write Yiddish.[3] In his youth, he studied Hebrew.[4] During his travels in western Europe, he acquired a knowledge of finance as well as fluency in several other languages, such as German. He returned to Poland in 1770 but left for England two years later in the wake of the Polish partition. In 1775, he immigrated to New York City, where he established himself as a financial broker for merchants engaged in overseas trade.[5][6]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Salomon%2C_Haym_%28bust%29_-_NARA_-_532941.jpg/473px-Salomon%2C_Haym_%28bust%29_-_NARA_-_532941.jpg
http://americanjewisharchives.org/exhibits/aje/_thmbs/C_101.jpg