 The two older sons Amschel Mayer and Salomon Mayer probably made partner in 1796.In 1800 they and their father, at the latter's request, became imperial court factors, based on their deliveries to the army.In 1802 Mayer Amschel attained the appointment of his sons as masters of the war payroll, and in 1803 he himself rose to the post of court agent in Kassel where he maintained a branch office.