Letter from B. H. Gothelf Regarding Subscriptions and Antisemitic Attack

Metadata

Letter from B. H. Gothelf Regarding Subscriptions and Antisemitic Attack

Description

B.H. Gothelf writes, in German in Hebrew script, giving names of several new subscribers and people who want other books. Collection of outstanding money for subscriptions is slow. Regrets lost subscribers, especially one Emanuel Bamberger, whose subscriptions he will try to regain. Reports an Antisemitic verbal attack, to which he replied in the local press.

Subjects

Antisemitism Book subscriptions Local press

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF10_22

Collection: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

People

Sender: Bernard Henry Gotthelf

Recipient: —

Dates

Gregorian: April 04, 1853

Hebrew: כ״ה בַּאֲדָר ב׳ תרי״ג

Places

From: Louisville

To: Philadelphia

Languages

English German Hebrew

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Bernard Henry Gotthelf. “Letter from Bernhard Henry Gotthelf;April 04, 1853.” (April 04, 1853). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff10_22 .