Jewish patriot honored at Kew Gardens Hills memorial [Haym Salomon]

yournabe.com ^ | Thursday, May 19, 2011 | Joe Anuta

[Pharmboy]

Many do not know about him. He is buried in an old Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, but his exact grave is unknown.

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[fishtank]

Savage has a collection at the Kew gardens.........

[Pharmboy]

There were only 3,300 Jews in the colonies in 1775 (out of about 4 million souls, 500,000 were African- American slaves); Philadelphia, New York, Charleston and Lancaster, PA were where the most Jews lived (Lancaster was, at that time, the gateway to the west and many merchant/outfitters gathered there).

Almost all the Jews were Patriots with very few Tories. One-hundred and twenty-five American Jews were under arms in the Continental Army. This comes from Benson Bobrick's excellent RevWar history Angel in the Whirlwind.

And while I'm at it, another interesting point he brings out in his book is the fact that more blacks than whites died during the war. Why? When the Brits promised freedom to the slaves when war broke out, many fled the plantations and were then placed in camps (the Brits had no real plans for them). Typhus and smallpox then wiped out tens of thousands...

[Amberdawn]

Look him up in Findagrave.com. He’s there.

[aculeus]

Great post!

[colorado tanker]

Salomon worked with Robert Morris. I'm in the middle of this now.

This from Wiki:

In August of 1781, the Continental Army had trapped Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis in the little Virginia coastal town of Yorktown. George Washington and the main army and the Count de Rochambeau with his French army decided to march from the Hudson Highlands to Yorktown and deliver the final blow. But Washington's war chest was completely empty, as was that of Congress. Washington determined that he needed at least $20,000 to finance the campaign. When Morris told him there were no funds and no credit available, Washington gave him a simple but eloquent order: "Send for Haym Salomon". Haym again came through, and the $20,000 was raised. Washington conducted the Yorktown campaign, which proved to be the final battle of the Revolution, thanks to Haym Salomon.

It appears that without Salomon, the miracle of Yorktown may not have happened.

[2sheds]

"This comes from Benson Bobrick's excellent RevWar history Angel in the Whirlwind."

Great article and another great book tip. Thanks Pharmboy.

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[NonValueAdded]

Did he die without children? I see no one has claimed him as a patriot ancestor in the DAR database.

[jocon307]

Very interesting!

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[Pharmboy]

There’s a marker there, and we know he’s buried in that cemetery, but as to his exact grave: unknown.

[Pharmboy]

He had three children with his wife, Rachel Franks, of the prominent Philadelphia family. Do not know why he is not in the DAR database...read more here.

[ZULU]

Thanks Pharmboy.

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[wtc911]

Done.

[taildragger]

I know someone of which Mr Salomon is a distant cousin & is part of their bloodline....

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[rmlew]

Solomon went bankrupt supporting the Revolution. Another Jew who is often fogotten is Francis Salvador. He was a member of the South Caroline legislature and died helping to protect South Carolina frontier communities on July 31, 1776, having ridden through enemy lines to warn them. He was both the first Jew elected in America and the first to die for it.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Salvador.html
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jewish/history3.php3