The Jews in America Trilogy (70 page)

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
,
228
n
.

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. Felix 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,
285
n
.

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,
85
n
.

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.,
405
n
.

Williams, Gatenby,
297
;
see also
Guggenheim, William

Williams College,
358
–
59
,
403

Willing family,
39
,
133

Wilson, Edmund,
290

Wilson, Woodrow,
349
,
384

Windsor Hotel,
268
–
69

Window, Lanier & Co.,
253

Winsor, Frederick,
403

Winthrop family,
75

Wolff, Abraham,
21
,
197
,
208
,
217
,
221
,
263
,
406

Wolff, Addie,
see
Kahn, Mrs. Otto

Wolff, Viola,
17

Wolff family,
20
,
68
,
278

Woolworth, F. W. co.,
363

Wormser, Julia,
see
Seligman, Mrs. Jefferson

Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp.,
360
–
61

Wright, J. Hood,
255
–
56

Yiddish language,
319

Yiddishe Gazette
,
322

Young, Genevieve,
11

YMHA,
207
,
355

YWHA,
207

Zedakah
,
321
,
353
–
54

Zinsser family,
149

Zola, Emile,
216

Zorn, Anders,
208
,
420

Zweig, Stefan,
357

The Grandees

America's Sephardic Elite

Stephen Birmingham

For Roger H. Klein, in Memory

Contents

Author's Note

1 The Book

2 Who Are They?

3 “Not Jewels, But Jews …”

4 The Twenty-Three

5 “These Godless Rascals”

6 Little Victories

7 “Gomez, the Onions Begin to Smell!”

8 “Make Your Way to the Windward Coast of Africa”

9 Allarums and Ravages

10 Misalliances and Misunderstandings

11 First Ladies

12 Legends and Legacies

13 The Firebrand