Document Fragment: M. Guggenheim's Sons

Included in a pile of bill of exchange fragments, this M. Guggenheim's Sons fragment is not obviously from a bill of exchange.  It might be a more simple document, like a check, especially since there is only evidence of a 2 cent documentary stamp, and it appears to have been applied to the front of the document.  The piece shows a business linkage between the Guggenheims and the Seligmans, as the piece is backstamped by a pay to note to "Seligman", though we don't have any more detail.

M. GUGGENHEIM'S SONS.

SEP

23

1899

New York.

 

Reverse side of fragment:

Meyer Guggenheim was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family in the United States, which became one of the world's wealthiest families during the 19th century, and remained so during the 20th.  Their wealth was largely based on mining and metals processing.  

Meyer Guggenheim

Meyer's son Benjamin would die in the sinking of the Titanic.  Benjamin was married to Florette Seligman.