In 1777 Solomon published the translation of a sermon he had preached the previous year at the General Fast for the success of the British Army during the American War of Independence.
In 1778, his own matrimonial troubles attracted attention in the British press who wrote that the "Jew Priest" of the Hambro' Synagogue had divorced his "Priestess".
[3] His relations with his congregation seem to have become embittered, while their income decreased to such a degree that they were unable to continue to afford the salary for a Rabbi of their own.
He is leaving next week, and your astonishment still holds good, why I should have to do everything without being paid for it, apart from presents on Purim and Rosh Hashana from those who were in the habit of remembering me on those occasions (I have no income from the Hambro Synagogue).
[6] The Rabbinate of the Great Synagogue was from that time recognised without question by all the Jewish communities of the provincial towns, all of whom accepted Tevele Schiff's authority.