Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser Regarding the Construction of a Synagogue in St. Louis, January 26, 1844

Metadata

Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser Regarding the Construction of a Synagogue in St. Louis, January 26, 1844

Description

Letter from Isidor Bush of St. Louis, Missouri, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated January 26, 1844. Bush writes to Leeser on behalf of the directors of the Bnai-El Congregation in St. Louis, requesting support for their fundraising efforts to build a new synagogue. He describes the congregation's progress, the planned building, and its intended features. He also mentions a separate collection for the relief of Jewish emigrants in Cairo.

Subjects

Synagogue construction Fundraising Jewish community in St. Louis

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF2_23

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

People

Sender: Isidor Bush

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: January 26, 1844

Hebrew: ה׳ בִּשְׁבָט תר״ד

Places

From: St. Louis

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Isidor Bush, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Isidor Bush to Isaac Leeser;January 26, 1844.” (January 26, 1844). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff2_23 .