Pre-Long Beach Auction #81

[Salomon, Haym] Newspaper With Two Haym Solomon Ads. "The Pennsylvania Packet or The General Advertiser," Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by David C. Claypoole, Aug. 23, 1781, 4pp, 17 x 10½". Very good. Page 3 has a 2½ x 3" ad: "Haym Salomon, Broker, at his office in Front Street, between Market and Arch Streets, Transacts all kinds of business on Commission. Buys and sells Bills of Exchange on any part of Europe. As also, Pennsylvania and other State Money. And which he receives in payment for Bills of Exchange, At the highest price given. He gives constant attendance at his Office, from nine to one in the forenoon and from three to seven in the afternoon." On page 4, another ad appears with much the same information: "Haym Salomon, Broker, Sells Bills on Holland, France, Spain, England, St. Croix, Etc. He likewise sells on commission, Loan-office Certificates, and all other Kinds of Merchandise…. "

Accompanied by a Report from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made to the 30th Congress, First Session of the House of Representatives, dated April 26, 1848, 3pp. acknowledging that claims made by Salomon's legal representative (he died in 1785) are legitimate, that "…during the war of the revolution [Solomon] largely contributed of his pecuniary means toward carrying on the war--assisting the agency of finance by frequent loans of money… and in contributing to the support and sustenance of many eminent men of that time [including Madison, Jefferson, Randolph, and others], engaged in the struggle for independence. And that, of all the moneys advanced by Haym Salomon no evidence exists of any payments by the government of the United States in discharge of their obligations to him; and…no such payment or payments were ever made to the widow or children of the aforesaid." The sum advanced by Solomon was shown by evidence to be $353,744 in currency of the time; he died intestate and his family was left impoverished. This Polish immigrant truly gave his everything to his new country. Estimated Value $400 - 500

The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills.