8 Bavarian brothers opened a dry goods store expanding into banking after the Civil War; it became the first firm to sell US Government Bonds in Europe and financed the Panama Canal, General Motors and Standard Oil, J &amp; W Seligman &amp; Co.&nbsp;

Mr. Joseph Seligman, head of the banking firm of J. &amp; W. Seligman. Died [April 25, 1880] in New Orleans last Sunday. (From a photograph by Sarony.)

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