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Decline of J. & W. Seligman &
Company
Page entitled : Decline
of the Seligman banking dynasty
Content of this page is about :
Of third generation heirs Isaac Newton Seligman, Henry Seligman and
Jefferson Seligman and the decline of J. & W. Seligman & Company after 1920.
Extract :
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the American branch, the
second generation of Seligmans produced three good bankers dedicated to the
firm, one from each brother who remained in the USA. Isaac Newton Seligman,
Henry Seligman II and Jefferson Seligman were respectively the second sons
of Joseph and Jesse Seligman and the fifth son of James. They all joined J.
& W. Seligman & Co as partners in the years before Joseph Seligman died, and
rose through the ranks as privileged family members, to become senior
partners after their elders retired and died. They were joined at the head
of the firm by in-laws and such family outsiders as Albert and Fredrick
Strauss, who ...
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