In my own mind I consider Haym Solomon in the same vein as one of the Founding Fathers. Money was in short supply, or simply not to be had and badly needed. Needless to say, the various colonies would rather squabble then feed, or arm an army. Without those funds raised by Solomon, which got Washington to Yorktown, Washington would of found himself trapped between Clinton, and Cornwallis, more then likely maneuvered by those armies into New Jersey, with his back to the Delaware river, and no escape. Sadly, this is American history that has never been taught in our public schools.