Wolff to Leeser Regarding Minister Appointment, February 16, 1853

Metadata

Wolff to Leeser Regarding Minister Appointment, February 16, 1853

Description

Letter from Adolff Wolff to Isaac Leeser discussing the hiring of a minister for a congregation in St. Thomas. Wolff details his success in securing government aid for the hiring and includes an advertisement to be published in the Occident, as well as the Jewish Chronicle & Archives Israelite. He also describes the minister's duties, including religious instruction (Sunday school) and the additional income to be earned from Hebrew and English school, marriages, and confirmations.

Subjects

Congregational affairs Religious instruction Ministerial appointments

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF10_9

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

People

Sender: Adolff Wolff

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: February 16, 1853

Hebrew: ח׳ בַּאֲדָר א׳ תרי״ג

Places

From: Saint Thomas

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Adolff Wolff, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Adolff Wolff to Isaac Leeser;February 16, 1853.” (February 16, 1853). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff10_9 .