Money, I'd guess.
Here is an extract from
Picton :
Dr. Solomon was for many years one of the institutions of Liverpool. Long before Holloway's Pills were heard of, or Morrison had established his "British College of Health", Solomon's "Balm of Gilead" had penetrated to the utmost bounds of the habitable globe. The Doctor was a gentleman of the Hebrew nation, who commenced his medical career in a very modest way in Marybone, Tithebarn Street, some time before 1796. The precise period when the Balm of Gilead first diffused its soothing influences over the ills of humanity, I cannot accurately determine, but by the end of the century it had become very popular. From Marybone, Dr. Solomon removed to Brownlow Street about 1800.
In 1804, wealth and reputation increasing, he built himself a noble mansion at Kensington, and called it "Gilead House", where he resided until his decease. Gilead House, or Dr. Solomon's, as it was familiarly called, was for many years the first house in approaching Liverpool from the eastward, and attracted great attention from the beauty of the grounds, and the trim style in which they were kept.
The Doctor died about 1819, and was interred in a mausoleum he had erected for himself on an estate belonging to him in Garston. Many years after his decease the estate was sold by his representatives, his remains removed to one of the cemeteries, and the mausoleum pulled down.
The following books refer to Solomon. :
Picton - Memorials of Liverpool.
Stonehouse - The Streets of Liverpool.
Griffiths, R. - The History of the Royal and Ancient Park of Toxteth.
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