Joseph Seligman

News article on the Union League’s rejection of Theodore Seligman’s membership request. His father, Jesse, had been a member for…

News article from a San Francisco correspondent to the New York Daily Tribune about a run on the local branch…

Advertisement from July 1870 announcing the establishment of the German American Bank in New York City with a cash capital…

Advertisement J. & W. Seligman & Co. The firm offered international travelers letters of credit and provided bills of exchange…

The article discusses the threatened financial collapse of Frenchman Ferdinand De Lesseps’ enterprise to build a canal across the Isthmus…

The article discusses the failure of the De Lesseps Panama Canal scheme and notes that Frenchmen would lose considerable sums…

Obituary of Jesse Seligman from the San Francisco Morning Call. Seligman died on April 24, 1894, at the Hotel del…

The article contains details about a second run on the San Francisco branch of the banking house of Page, Bacon…

The article reports that a Philadelphia syndicate including J. & W. Seligman & Co. had purchased the Atlantic Avenue Railroad,…

The article reports that a major syndicate including J. & W. Seligman & Co. and other major investment banks had…

The article discusses a Congressional investigation into the American committee in support of Ferdinand De Lesseps’ Panama Canal scheme. Jesse…

The article discusses Jesse Seligman’s reaction to his son’s rejection from the Union League. Jesse blamed anti-Jewish sentiment for Theodore’s…

The article discusses the Seligman’s decision to join the American committee for De Lesseps’s Panama Canal project. William Seligman argues…

The Article discusses Joseph Seligman’s expulsion from the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga, New York. The article notes the reaction…

The article examines Jewish influence in New York City politics in light of Theodore Seligman’s blackballing by the Union League.…

Advertising poster from “The War of Wealth,” a play staged in the mid-1890s based on events from the Panic of…