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Jeremiah Hamilton

 * ... that Jeremiah Hamilton was a Wall Street broker noted as "the only black millionaire in New York" around the time of the American Civil War?
 * ... that Jeremiah Hamilton was a Wall Street broker noted as "the only black millionaire in New York" by James McCune Smith about a decade before the American Civil War?

Created by Emw (talk). Self nominated at 18:02, 27 July 2013 (UTC).


 * More than 1500 words. No copyright violations.  Article only uses one reference for everything in the article although that reference was published by the NYT and written by a history professor that works at the University of Sydney (Shane White).  The article actually states that James McCune Smith noted him as the only black millionaire in New York to disparaging him (Hamilton) for the crassness of his pursuit of wealth.  Outside of wishing that White had included a reference, that may have been an unsubstantiated claim created to disparage Hamilton.  For the good of the article and the DYK, we could really use more references.  This will help clear up the validity of the claim.  I also think that the DYK should note who made the claim. WCS100 (talk) 20:57, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking over this. Here's the part of the Times article about Smith's statement: "the black intellectual James McCune Smith noted Jeremiah G. Hamilton as 'the only black millionaire in New York,' disparaging him for the crassness of his pursuit of wealth."  In itself the phrase "the only black millionaire in New York" says nothing about Hamilton's purported crassness, and thus does nothing to disparage the subject.  That's the only part I included in the Wikipedia article.  I adjusted the lead sentence to note Smith was the one who made the claim.
 * I agree that the article could use more references about Jeremiah Hamilton, but, as the Times article notes, "modern American historians have ignored him". I've searched Google, Google Scholar and JSTOR, and the Times article by Professor White seems to be the only feasibly accessible reliable source on the subject.  White is writing a book about Hamilton that will contain many more references, but the Times article seems to be the only one available for now. Emw (talk) 14:23, 28 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg Anything happening here? --PFHLai (talk) 06:19, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 * The article has had references added and some minor adjustments made since I last wrote here (diff). Reviewers: if more can be done to help this DYK along, please let me know. Emw (talk) 00:07, 14 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Let's send this along. Made some minor edits. I don't see the problem with the first proposed hook, and economy is a virtue. Drmies (talk) 18:50, 30 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg Per discussion at WT:DYK, this nomination is being pulled back from the prep area where it was promoted to allow it to wait for new photographic material being obtained next weekend via Wikipedia Takes Brooklyn. Creator/nominator Emw will post here when the material has been loaded to Wikimedia Commons, cleared there, and added to the article. After that, when it has been checked and verified, the article can then be reapproved. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:36, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg As suggested, no later than September 14. This nomination has been delayed long enough, and it shall be delayed no more. As said earlier, the article has no problems, and neither does the hook. --George Ho (talk) 05:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg George, absolutely not. You left the decision to someone else—me, as it happened—which was to allow pictures to be taken over this past weekend, loaded onto Commons, which was expected to take up to a week, with a deadline for a response from Emw of September 14 even if the pictures are delayed. Today is September 10: you are four days early. I am asking you to permanently withdraw from acting on this article's nomination and leave it to others to complete. Thank you for your cooperation. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:11, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Today is September 14, and judging from Emw's contributions log, he's made only one edit between September 4 and now. I'd expect hell to freeze over before he responds.  Enough with the delay! —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:31, 13 September 2013 (UTC)