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The Jews in America Trilogy

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by Birmingham, Stephen;


  Rothschild, Carola Warburg, 10

  Rothschild, House of, 37, 39, 45, 73, 83, 90, 94, 131, 152 ff., 394

  Rothschild, Lionel, 25, 153–56

  Rothschild, Meyer Amschel, 173

  Rothschild, Walter N., 420

  Rothschild, Mrs. Walter N. (Carola Warburg), 420–21

  Rothschild, Wilhelm von (Baron), 156

  Rothschild family, 20, 37, 39, 44–45, 72, 73, 94, 173, 209, 290

  Rubber Tire Wheel Co., 358

  Rubino, Sophie, see Speyer, Mrs. Eduard

  Russian Jews, 316 ff.

  Ryan, Thomas Fortune, 327, 329

  S. G. Warburg & Co., Ltd., 10

  Sachs, Ella, see Plotz, Mrs. Harry

  Sachs, Emanie, see Philips, Mrs. August

  Sachs, Harry, 283, 363

  Sachs, Howard, 363

  Sachs, Joseph, 66, 152, 266

  Sachs, Mrs. Joseph (Sophia Baer), 66, 266

  Sachs, Julius, 149, 266, 276

  Sachs, Mrs. Julius (Rosa Goldman), 266

  Sachs, Paul, 363

  Sachs, Samuel, 23, 266, 283, 284, 314, 363–64

  Sachs, Mrs. Samuel (Louise Goldman), 266, 364

  Sachs, Walter, 266

  Sachs, Walter E., 10, 153n.

  Sachs Collegiate Institute, 149, 199, 203, 266, 276, 277

  Sachs family, 9, 10, 20, 23, 60, 66, 266

  Saga of American Society, 281

  Sage, Mrs. Russell, 321

  St. Dunstan’s house, 347–48, 351

  Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 199, 369

  St. Paul Railway, 222

  Samson, Matanya, 210

  Samson, Richard (Dr.), 210

  Samson, Mrs. Richard (Renata Warburg), 210, 415; see also Strauss, Mrs. Walter

  San Francisco, 79–83

  Santa Fe Railroad, 130, 187

  Saratoga, N.Y., 159, 160–62

  Saratoga trunk, 160

  Sarner, Rabbi, 148

  Sarnoff, David (Brig. Gen.), 23

  Sarnoff, Robert W., 23

  Sarnoff, Mrs. Robert W. (Felicia Warburg), 23

  “Scarlet Woman of Wall Street, The,” 123, 126

  Schacht, Hjalmar, 395

  Schermerhorn family, 39

  Schiff, David Tevele, 173

  Schiff, Dorothy, 384, 417

  Schiff, Ernst, 309

  Schiff, Frieda, see Warburg, Mrs. Felix

  Schiff, Herman, 190

  Schiff, Jacob, 18, 19, 105, 121, 173–75, 176–80, 183–84, 185, 186–87, 188–89, 190, 192–95, 196 ff., 207 ff., 214, 215, 217–19, 220 ff., 244, 252, 276, 278, 279–80, 282, 284, 288, 291, 308 ff., 320, 321, 322, 323, 326, 328–29, 332, 333, 336, 338n., 341–45, 347, 349, 350, 353–57, 359, 360, 368–71, 375, 385, 389, 402, 411, 414, 419, 420

  Schiff, Mrs. Jacob (Therese Loeb), 69, 172, 181, 183–84, 192–93, 196–98, 201, 208, 218, 224, 288, 309, 311, 369, 398, 414–15, 416–17

  Schiff, John M., 406, 414–15, 418

  Schiff, Mrs. John M. (Edith Baker), 418

  Schiff, Ludwig, 190

  Schiff, Meir ben Jacob, 173

  Schiff, Mortimer “Morti,” 197, 198, 199, 200, 202–6, 207, 209, 218, 223, 278, 310n, 314, 344–45, 347, 363, 368, 369–70, 374, 384–85, 414, 417

  Schiff, Mrs. Mortimer (Adele Neustadt), 314, 417

  Schiff, Moses, 174

  Schiff, Mrs. Moses (Clara), 174, 178, 184

  Schiff, Philip, 174

  Schiff family, 9, 10, 20, 21, 24, 173, 184, 196 ff., 209, 210n., 226, 341, 358, 420

  Schönberg, August, 36–37, 177; see also Belmont, August

  Schönberg, Simon, 36

  Schumann, Robert, 213

  Schumann, Mrs. Robert (Clara), 213

  Schurz, Carl, 139, 240, 263

  Schuyler family, 39

  Schwab family, 198

  Scoville, Joseph A., 42

  Sea Bright, N.J., 201, 202

  Sears, Roebuck & Co., 21, 362, 365

  Securities and Exchange Commission, 386, 406

  Seixas family, 42

  Seligman, Abraham (ancestor), 31

  Seligman, Abraham (son of David), 31, 53, 56, 57, 84, 91, 94, 108–10, 115, 117, 133, 136, 137, 165, 264

  Seligman, Mrs. Abraham (née Levi), 84, 406

  Seligman, Albert, 251

  Seligman, Alfred Lincoln, 150, 275, 303–4

  Seligman, Mrs. Alfred Lincoln (Florine Arnold), 250, 303–4

  Seligman, Arizona, 46n.

  Seligman, Babette, see Stettheimer, Mrs. Max

  Seligman, Charles (Sir), 156n., 382

  Seligman, David, 30–31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 53, 150, 381

  Seligman, Mrs. David (Fanny Steinhardt), 31–32, 33, 34, 53, 67, 150, 381

  Seligman, David II, 134, 275, 284, 288, 381

  Seligman, Mrs. David II (Addie Walter), 288, 381; see also Seligman, Mrs. Henry

  Seligman, David Washington, 150, 283

  Seligman, Mrs. David Washington (Sophie Wassermann), 283

  Seligman, De Witt, 150, 271, 381

  Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson, 119, 150, 166, 167, 275, 306

  Seligman, Emma, see Wassermann, Mrs. Edward

  Seligman, Eugene, 271

  Seligman, Florette, see Guggenheim, Mrs. Benjamin

  Seligman, Frances, see Hellman, Mrs. Theodore

  Seligman, George Washington, 150, 166

  Seligman, Grace, see Stettheimer, Mrs. Eugene

  Seligman, Helene, 113, 151

  Seligman, Hellman & Co., 115

  Seligman, Mrs. Henry (Regine Levi), 84

  Seligman, Henry, 31, 53, 58, 79, 81, 84–85, 91, 94, 108, 110, 119, 138–39, 150, 156, 190, 283, 284, 374

  Seligman, Mrs. Henry II (Addie Walter), 381, 386; see also Seligman, Mrs. David

  Seligman, Hermann, 150; see also Seligman, Henry

  Seligman, House of, 93–95, 104, 122 ff., 153–57, 405; see also J. & W. Seligman & Co. and Seligman, Joseph

  Seligman, Isaac, 31, 53, 56, 87–88, 94, 110, 114, 116, 123, 133, 134, 135–36, 154–55, 157, 190, 250, 261, 382

  Seligman, Mrs. Isaac (Lina Messel), 382

  Seligman, Isaac Newton, 150, 265, 275, 284, 286, 289, 305, 354

  Seligman, Mrs. Isaac Newton (Guta Loeb), 182, 279, 288, 399

  Seligman, Isaias, 150; see also Seligman, Jesse

  Seligman, J. & Bros., see J. Seligman & Bros.

  Seligman, J. & H., see J. & H. Seligman

  Seligman, Jacob, 150; see also Seligman, James

  Seligman, James (grandfather of James II), 31, 47–48, 51–53, 55–56, 57, 84, 91, 94, 122, 136, 150, 166, 260, 264, 269–70

  Seligman, James II, 29, 30

  Seligman, Mrs. James (Rosa Content), 29, 84, 150, 217, 269–70

  Seligman, Jefferson, 271–72, 276, 284, 381–82

  Seligman, Mrs. Jefferson (Julia Wormser), 272

  Seligman, Jesse, 31, 46n., 49, 52–53, 55–56, 58, 78–82, 84, 91, 94, 117, 136, 147, 150, 159, 250, 251, 252–53, 254, 255, 256–57, 258, 261–64, 267, 275, 283, 284, 286

  Seligman, Mrs. Jesse (Henriette Hellman), 84, 113, 210, 251, 262, 267–68, 306

  Seligman, Jesse II, 306–7

  Seligman, Mrs. Jesse II, 306–7

  Seligman, Joseph, 20, 29, 32, 33–35, 37, 43, 46–49, 50–54, 55–59, 61, 67, 78, 79, 83–84, 85, 86–87, 88–92, 93–95, 106, 107–10, 111 ff., 122 ff., 132 ff., 143, 147, 149, 150, 151, 153–54, 155, 156, 158 ff., 178, 185–86, 189–90, 198, 204, 247, 250, 252, 253, 258, 261, 264, 265, 275, 283, 284, 354, 360, 368, 371–72, 389

  Seligman, Mrs. Joseph (Babet Steinhardt), 20, 59, 79, 83, 94–95, 106, 120, 128, 137, 138, 150, 166, 269, 283

  Seligman, Joseph II, 371–72

  Seligman, Mrs. Joseph L., 10

  Seligman, Leonore, see Wassermann, Mrs. Max

  Seligman, Leopold, 31, 53, 56, 57n., 79, 80, 81, 84, 94, 108–10, 150, 190

  Seligman, Mrs. Leopold (née Levi), 84, 110

  Seligman, Lippmann, 150; see also Seligman, Leopold

  Seligman, Margaret, see Lewisohn, Mrs.
Sam

  Seligman, Rosalie, see Lehmaier, Mrs. Morris

  Seligman, Sarah, 31, 53, 56, 264

  Seligman, Sophie, see Walter, Mrs. Moritz

  Seligman, Theodore, 262

  Seligman, W. & Co., see W. Seligman & Co.

  Seligman, Washington, 271, 372n.

  Seligman, William, 31, 47–48, 51, 53, 55–56, 57, 78, 84, 86, 90, 91, 94, 107, 108, 113–14, 119–20, 129, 130, 135–36, 150, 151, 153, 156, 190–91, 261, 283

  Seligman, Mrs. William (Regine Wedeles), 84, 136

  Seligman, Wolf, 150; see also Seligman, William

  Seligman & Co., see J. & W. Seligman & Co.

  Seligman & Stettheimer, 57, 108

  Seligman family, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29 ff., 46–49, 50–54, 55–59, 61, 65, 68, 78 ff., 101, 102, 103, 106–10, 140, 145, 148, 150–51, 160–62, 171, 172, 181, 200, 202, 236, 246, 250, 253, 269–70, 275–76, 283, 284, 285–90, 294, 296, 303, 321, 358, 371, 374, 380–82, 400, 418

  Seligman Family Register, 270, 382

  Seligman Frères, 253

  Semitic Museum, 355

  Sephardic Jews, 41–44, 101–2, 144, 147–48, 261, 318, 320

  Sheftel, Florence, see Bache, Mrs. Jules

  Sheftel family, 20, 409

  Sherman, John, 159

  Sherry’s restaurant, 208, 326

  Silver, 248, 249

  Simon, Joan Lewisohn, 10, 391

  Sklar, Judith, 11

  Skull and Bones society, 261n.

  Smith, Alfred E., 367

  Smith, Stephen E., 164n.

  Sneath, Richard G., 134–35, 136, 137

  Snowden, Lord, see Armstrong-Jones, Antony

  “social climber,” 143–44

  Social Register, 281, 282, 375, 418

  Solis family, 42

  Solomon, Haym, 43

  Sondheim, Pauline, see Lehman, Mrs. Emanuel

  Sonnenberg, Benjamin, 412

  South Pacific Railroad, 127, 128

  Southern Pacific Railroad, 180, 263

  Spartacus League, 351

  Speyer, Eduard Beit von, 373; see also Beit, Eduard

  Speyer, Eduard Gumpertz, 373

  Speyer, Mrs. Eduard Gumpertz (Sophie Rubino), 373

  Speyer, James, 261, 301, 354, 373

  Speyer, Mrs. James, 373

  Speyer, Philip, 373

  Speyer, Sophie Rubino, 373

  Speyer & Co., 20, 174, 221, 343, 373, 405

  Speyer family, 20

  Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), 224, 292, 293, 361

  Stanford, Leland, 127, 186–87

  Statue of Liberty, 144–45

  Steinhardt, Babet, see Seligman, Mrs. Joseph

  Steinhardt, Fanny, see Seligman, Mrs. David

  Steinhardt, Ignatz, 134–35, 136

  Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, 412–13

  Stettheimer, Eugene, 283

  Stettheimer, Mrs. Eugene (Grace Seligman), 283

  Stettheimer, Jacob, 57, 107, 108

  Stettheimer, Mrs. Jacob, 107

  Stettheimer, Max, 56, 57, 78, 86, 107–8, 110

  Stettheimer, Mrs. Max (Babette Seligman), 31, 53, 56–57, 58, 107–8, 110, 136, 264

  Stettheimer family, 107–8

  Stewart, Alexander T., 158–59, 160

  Stillman, James, 188, 224

  stock market crash (1929), 384–85

  Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 332

  Stralem, Casimir, 21

  Stralem, Mrs. Casimir (née Neustadt), 21

  Stralem, Edithe Neustadt, 417

  Stralem family, 20, 21, 151, 374

  Stralheim family, 151; see also Stralem family

  Straus, Isidor, 171, 298n., 360

  Straus, Mrs. Isidor, 298n.

  Straus, Jack, 415

  Straus, Lazarus, 171

  Straus, Oscar S., 263, 342, 356

  Straus, R. Peter, 23, 164n.

  Straus, Mrs. R. Peter (Ellen Sulzberger), 23

  Straus family, 9, 20, 23, 25, 82, 361

  Strauss, Albert, 380

  Strauss, Carol, 210

  Strauss, Frederick, 380

  Strauss, Walter, 210

  Strauss, Mrs. Walter (Renata Warburg Samson), 210

  Strong, George Templeton, 99, 104

  Stroock, Sol, 417

  Stroock family, 374

  Studebaker co., 362

  Stuyvesant, Peter, 42, 118

  Suez Canal, 253, 259

  Sulzberger, Ellen, see Straus, Mrs. R. Peter

  Sunningdale Golf Club, 374

  Sutro, Adolph, 165

  Taft, William Howard, 337

  Taft, Mrs. William Howard, 337

  Takahashi, Korekiyo (Baron), 308–9

  Takahashi, Wakiko, 311

  Tehama House Hotel, 80–81

  telephone, 301–3

  telephone exchanges, 17

  Temple Beth-El, 217

  Temple Emanu-El, 17, 30, 54, 103, 132, 147–48, 166, 217, 263, 295, 318, 370, 404

  Temple Shearith, Israel, 43, 44, 147

  Texas & Pacific rr, 180

  Thalmann family, 20, 24

  Thompson, Richard W., 256–57

  Thompson, Sen., 257

  Thorpe, Jim, 46n.

  Tiffany, Charles L., 158

  Titanic (ship), 298–99

  Tobey, Charles, 366–67

  Toscanini, Arturo, 335

  Town Topics, 301

  Tree, Beerbohm, 220

  trust system, 359

  Tweed Ring, 159, 162

  Ulrich, Johann Casper, 62–63

  Underwood Corp., 362

  Union Club, 74, 75, 100, 144, 261

  Union League Club, 132, 144, 179, 262, 263

  Union Pacific Railroad, 127, 128, 130, 180, 186–87, 188, 189, 190–91, 201, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 229, 338

  United Hebrew Charities, 252, 320, 321, 323

  United Metals Selling Co., 292

  United States Steel, 342

  University Club, 261

  Van Cortlandt family, 39

  Van Heukelom, Mrs. (née Seligman), 228

  Van Norden, Warner, 321

  Van Santvoord, George, 403

  Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Sr., 112

  Vanderbilt, Cornelius “Commodore,” 74, 123, 130, 180

  Vanderbilt, William H., 179, 228n.

  Vanderbilt family, 75, 100, 101

  Vanderlip, Frank A., 101, 124

  Van Renssalaer, Stephen, 40

  Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Stephen, 41, 44

  Van Rensselaer family, 40, 41, 74, 75, 101

  Van Zandt family, 39

  Verplanck family, 39

  Villard, Henry, 244

  W. Seligman & Co., 57

  Wabash rr, 338

  Wagner, Richard, 334

  Wall, Evander Berry, 160

  Wall Street, 20, 22, 38, 47, 122, 145, 258, 265, 334, 342–43, 344, 406

  Walter, Addie, see Seligman, Mrs. David and Seligman, Mrs. Henry

  Walter, Moritz, 139

  Walter, Mrs. Moritz (Sophie Seligman), 139, 140

  Walter, Willie, 19, 23

  Walter family, 10, 20, 140, 382, 404

  Wanamaker, John, 164, 263

  Warburg, Abraham, 210

  Warburg, Mrs. Abraham (Sara), 210–12

  Warburg, Aby M., 211, 212, 372–73, 383

  Warburg, Mrs. Aby M. (Mary Hertz), 212, 373

  Warburg, Aby S., 211

  Warburg, Benjamin, 210

  Warburg, Carola, see Rothschild, Mrs. Walter N.

  Warburg, Charlotte, 210

  Warburg, Dvorah, 210

  Warburg, Edward “Peeper,” 313, 393, 415–16, 419

  Warburg, Elena, 209

  Warburg, Eric, 372, 396–97

  Warburg, Eva, 210

  Warburg, Felicia, see Sarnoff, Mrs. Robert W.

  Warburg, Felix M., 18–19, 21, 177, 210, 211, 212–13, 214–19, 220, 221, 229, 302, 312 ff., 323, 328–29, 330, 346, 354, 356, 372, 383, 384, 393, 399, 402–3, 415, 416, 417, 418–19, 420

  Warburg, Mrs. F
elix M. (Frieda Schiff), 10, 21, 196–97, 198, 199–200, 202, 206, 207–10, 213, 215–16, 217–19, 221, 278, 302, 312, 313–15, 341, 368, 369, 370, 414, 418, 420

  Warburg, Francesca, 209

  Warburg, Frederick M., 314, 393, 406, 418, 419

  Warburg, Fritz M., 211

  Warburg, Gabriel, 210

  Warburg, Gerald, 23, 393, 415, 419

  Warburg, Mrs. Gerald (Natica Nast), 23

  Warburg, Gioconda, 209

  Warburg, Grossvater, 393–94

  Warburg, Ingrid, 210

  Warburg, Italo, 210

  Warburg, James, 402–3, 415

  Warburg, Louise M., 211

  Warburg, Max II, 397

  Warburg, Max M., 211, 212, 214, 383, 384, 393–96

  Warburg, Moritz, 177, 210, 211–12, 213, 214

  Warburg, Mrs. Moritz (Charlotte Oppenheim), 177, 211, 213

  Warburg, Niva, 210

  Warburg, Olga M., 211

  Warburg, Oliviero, 209

  Warburg, Paul M., 21, 177, 211, 212, 214, 217, 221, 288, 312, 372, 383–85, 393, 399, 402, 414–15, 416

  Warburg, Mrs. Paul M. (Nina Loeb), 21, 181, 182, 217, 288, 312, 402

  Warburg, Renata, see Samson, Mrs. Richard

  Warburg, Sidney (pseud.), 393

  Warburg, Siegmund, 210, 211

  Warburg, Tama, 210

  Warburg & Co., 10

  Warburg family, 9, 10, 20, 21, 25, 177, 209–13, 214, 221, 321, 341, 348, 358, 372, 374, 420

  Warburg Institute, 373

  Warburg Plan, 395–96

  Ward, Ferdinand, 285n.

  Ward’s Island, 320

  Washburne, Elihu B., 117–18, 120

  Washington, George,; 118

  Wassermann, Edward, 283

  Wassermann, Mrs. Edward (Emma Seligman), 283

  Wassermann, Max, 283

  Wassermann, Mrs. Max (Leonore Seligman), 283

  Wassermann, Sophie, see Seligman, Mrs. David Washington

  Wassermann family, 382

  Watts, Thomas Hill, 92, 93

  Webb family, 75, 100

  Wecter, Dixon, 124, 281–82

  Wedeles, Regine, see Seligman, Mrs. William

  Weinberg, Sidney, 365, 380

  Wells, H. G., 220

  Wells, Linton, 89–90

  Wells Fargo-Nevada Bank, 85n.

  Wertheim & Co., 20, 391, 409

  Wertheim family, 20

  Westchester County, 18, 100, 291, 386, 410, 417

  Western Maryland rr, 338

  Western Union Co., 202

  Wharton, Edith, 76, 146

  White, Carl J., 10

  Whitney, William C., 293, 294

  Who’s Who, 297, 373

  Widener, P. A. B., 358

  Wilhelm I of Germany, 67, 267, 349–50, 373, 394, 395

  William Guggenheim: The Story of an Adventurous Career, 297

  William Read & Co., 405n.

  Williams, Gatenby, 297; see also Guggenheim, William

  Williams College, 358–59, 403

 

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