New York Jewish "Ketubah" Marriage Certificate (July 6, 1777) of Haym Salomon with Rachel Franks was published in New York. President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute to Haym Solomon, May 3, 1925, laying the cornerstone of the Jewish Community Center, Washington, D.C.:
<There is a romance in the story of Haym Solomon, Polish Jew financier of the Revolution. Born in Poland, he was made prisoner by the British forces in New York, and when he escaped set up in business in Philadelphia. He negotiated for Robert Morris all the loans raised in France and Holland, pledged his personal faith and fortune for enormous amounts, and personally advanced large sums to such men as James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Baron Steuben, General St. Clair, and many other patriot leaders who testified that without his aid they could not have carried on in the cause.> 1777JM001
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1777JM001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). New York Jewish "Ketubah" Marriage Certificate, July 6, 1777, of Haym Salomon with Rachel Franks was published in New York. President Calvin Coolidge paid tribute to Haym Solomon, May 3, 1925, laying the cornerstone of the Jewish Community Center, Washington, D.C.