. Leslie's history of the greater New York . orporations. A promi-nent member of theTemple Emaiiu-El onEifth Avenue, and Pres-ident of the HebrewOrjihau Asylum, he wasa liberal supporter ofbenevolent organi-zations and piiblic proj-ects irrcs]iective ofcreed (U- nationality.He was a trusted ad-isei of Secretary Sher-iiian in the refundingmeasures of 1871), andhis firm took |20,0(l(l,-(10(1 of tli(^ .*ir)0,000,000of bonds tlum placedupon the market. Hewas lariicly interestedin the Southern Eail-Toad system extendingthrough the Southwestto ^le.xico. Rorn in I.aicsdorf, Ravaiia, in 1825, well ed

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. Leslie's history of the greater New York . orporations. A promi-nent member of theTemple Emaiiu-El onEifth Avenue, and Pres-ident of the HebrewOrjihau Asylum, he wasa liberal supporter ofbenevolent organi-zations and piiblic proj-ects irrcs]iective ofcreed (U- nationality.He was a trusted ad-isei of Secretary Sher-iiian in the refundingmeasures of 1871), andhis firm took |20, 0(l(l, -(10(1 of tli(^ .*ir)0, 000, 000of bonds tlum placedupon the market. Hewas lariicly interestedin the Southern Eail-Toad system extendingthrough the Southwestto ^le.xico. Rorn in I.aicsdorf, Ravaiia, in 1825, well educated, and following his brolhcrJos(])h to this country in 1S4(), lie was engaged iri the clothing businessin California and New York prior to the establishment of the hankinghouse in IStil. Of his three sons, the second, Henry, succeeded him.The eldest, Tlieod(Ue, studied law after his graduation frcmi Harvard, and is ill jiractice in this city. Ihe third, Albert, having been gradu-ated from the Troy Iolyteclmic Instituteneering in Saxony.. .IKS.sk SELI(iM.N. studied luiniTiu and enui- 616 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. kSELl(jiIA2, liSAAC N., litiid uf tliu baukiuti Liuuse uf SeligmanBrothers, is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Audit Com-pany, and a director of tlie Western New York and PennsylvaniaEailway Company, tlie St. Louis and San Francisco liailroad Com-pany, the North Shore Traction Company, the ^Vestern Gas Company, and the City and Suburban Homes (ompany. Born on Staten Island, K. Y., July 10, isr>t>, lie is the son of the late Joseph W. Seli.oman, founder of the banking firm and its head until his death in ISSO. Heattended the Columbia College Grammar School and was graduatedwith honors from Columbia College in 187(3, having been Presidentof his class. He was also a member of the famous Columbia crew, which in 1874 vanquished Harvard, Yale, and nine other colleges onSaratoga Lake. In 1877 and 1878 he was connected with the NewOrleans branch of the

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