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The Seligman Brothers
merchant empire spreads out
Page entitled : Seligman
Brothers as respectable merchants
Content of this page is about :
How the Seligmans settled in New York and spread their activities to St.
Louis, Watertown NY and California
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Before becoming bankers,
the peddling Seligmans became respectable merchants and set up stores in
Clinton, Eutaw and Greensboro, Alabama. When the elder sisters got married,
Babette to Max Stettheimer and Rosalie to Morris Lehmaier (later renamed
Lemaire), Joseph sent James to New York, to support the now split-up family
and open a store, which he did at Nr 5 William Street in 1846. In time, this
would become the location of the eleven story [ J & W ] Seligman building. ...
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