The tale in the Seligman family is that decades later, as Alabama struggled under the burden of its crushing Civil War debt, Joseph found a way to repay the favor. The witness who exonerated him, now an Alabama judge, had traveled to New York in search of financing for the cash-strapped state. One by one bankers declined Alabama’s business. The judge finally visited Joseph, not realizing that the silver-haired banker was the young, battered merchant he had once assisted. But Joseph recognized the Alabaman instantly. Without committing to a loan, he invited the judge to his home that evening
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Joseph doing Joseph.
