Subject: Haym Salomon

Check signed by Haym Salomon (Solomon) to Francisco Rendon, personal representative of Charles III, King of Spain, dated January 21, 1784. This $200 check attests to Salomon's financial assistance to Rendon, similar to his aid to several members of the Continental Congress, including James Madison. Haym Salomon's signatures are rare, and this one may be the only one to appear at public auction in the last ten years. The check was sold on October 18, 2023, at University Archives, Lot #244, for $23,750. Additional information describes Salomon's involvement with the Sons of Liberty, his arrest and escape from the British, his work as a broker and paymaster for French forces, and his crucial financial contributions to the American Revolution, particularly providing $20,000 for George Washington's Yorktown campaign. Salomon passed away in 1785 from tuberculosis, leaving his family in poverty.

Congressional Record, 13th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 504, accompanying H.R. Bill 425. This report outlines facts gathered on the claim of the family of Haym Salomon for Revolutionary War-era debts. Published April 26, 1848. The document was listed in Unger's catalog (number 19) at $1250.

Report to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims accompanying Senate Bill 310 from the 31st Congress, 1st Session. The report concerns advances of money made by Haym Salomon's father during the Revolutionary War. Dated August 9, 1850.

Issue of the Independent Gazetteer; or, the Chronicle of Freedom newspaper, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 24, 1782. This issue contains advertisements for Salomons and Nones & Cohen.