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Haym Salomon's pivotal yet unsung role in American liberty
Haym Salomon, a Polish Jewish financier, played a crucial yet overlooked part in financing the American Revolution. Fleeing Poland after battles with Russia, he aided the Patriots in New York and Philadelphia, helped salvage the Continental Treasury, endorsed government paper, and lent Robert Morris funds totaling about 211678 dollars. He died in 1785 at forty five, leaving heirs in poverty and never receiving repayment.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Thaddeus Koselusko
Casimir Pulaski
United States
Haym Salomon
Iome
Charles Edward Russell
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Salomon
Lissa
Poland
Kosciusko
Pulaski
England
Almerica
New York
Pole
Sons of Liberty
Washington
Long Island
Lord Howe
Cunningham
Sir Henry Clinton
Solomon
Philadelphia
F’rance
Continental Congress
Pennsylvania Line
Morristown
Congress
New Jersey
Robert Morris
Morris
Russell
Paris
la Courteulx and Company
Haym
Salo- Mon
Bank of North America
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Robert Mortis
Red Helper