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J. & W. Seligman -
arrival in America
Page entitled : Arrival
of Joseph Seligman in America
Content of this page is about :
How Joseph Seligman arrived in America in 1837, moved to Pennsylvania and
started peddling dry-goods
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When they arrived in
America, Joseph Seligman and August Belmont had two things in common : their
German-Jewish origins and the year of their arrival, 1837. They both became
America's foremost Jewish bankers, but at the outset their careers were
decidedly different. Whereas August Belmont was a first class passenger and
the agent of the powerful Rothschild bankers, Joseph Seligman was a steerage
passenger and arrived in New York without much more than the address of his
mother's cousin, who lived in Mauch Chunk, ...
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