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Session Six - Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:00 PM
2410
Meir, Golda and David Ben-Gurion
. First Day Cover cele-
brating 25 years of independence for Israel signed "Golda Meir"
as Prime Minister and "D. Ben-Gurion", 1973. Fine; one tape
remnant on verso slightly wraps around lower right recto,
affecting nothing. Transmittal envelope from the Prime Minis-
ter's Bureau, Jerusalem to Mr. Ernst Gruber in Kew Gardens,
New York, and with printed paper, "With Compliments from D.
Ben-Gurion."
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 600
2411
[Salomon, Haym] Newspaper With Two Haym Solomon
Ads
. "The Pennsylvania Packet or The General Advertiser," Phil-
adelphia: Printed and Sold by David C. Claypoole, Aug. 23,
1781, 4pp, 17 x 10½". Very good. Page 3 has a 2½ x 3" ad:
"Haym Salomon, Broker, at his office in Front Street, between
Market and Arch Streets, Transacts all kinds of business on
Commission. Buys and sells Bills of Exchange on any part of
Europe. As also, Pennsylvania and other State Money. And
which he receives in payment for Bills of Exchange, At the high-
est price given. He gives constant attendance at his Office, from
nine to one in the forenoon and from three to seven in the
afternoon." On page 4, another ad appears with much the same
information: "Haym Salomon, Broker, Sells Bills on Holland,
France, Spain, England, St. Croix, Etc. He likewise sells on com-
mission, Loan-office Certificates, and all other Kinds of Mer-
chandise…. "
Accompanied by a Report from the Committee on Revolutionary
Claims, made to the 30th Congress, First Session of the House
of Representatives, dated April 26, 1848, 3pp. acknowledging
that claims made by Salomon's legal representative (he died in
1785) are legitimate, that "…during the war of the revolution
[Solomon] largely contributed of his pecuniary means toward
carrying on the war--assisting the agency of finance by frequent
loans of money… and in contributing to the support and suste-
nance of many eminent men of that time [including Madison,
Jefferson, Randolph, and others], engaged in the struggle for
independence. And that, of all the moneys advanced by Haym
Salomon no evidence exists of any payments by the govern-
ment of the United States in discharge of their obligations to
him; and…no such payment or payments were ever made to
the widow or children of the aforesaid." The sum advanced by
Solomon was shown by evidence to be $353,744 in currency of
the time; he died intestate and his family was left impoverished.
This Polish immigrant truly gave his everything to his new coun-
try.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
The Arden Family Holdings of Beverly Hills
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