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Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785 [Endorsement on verso of Robert Morris check note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.500.01 Author/Creator: Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Endorsement signed Date: 2 August 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Salomon signed endorsement on the verso of a partially printed Robert Morris signed check note. The check is for two thousand four hundred livres to be paid to Salomon, and is written to Mr. Grand at the Bank of Paris. On verso Salomon writes that the check is to be paid to Arnold Henry Dorhman or Isaac Smith.

Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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