Request for Sunday School Books

Metadata

Request for Sunday School Books

Description

Letter from Aaron Wolff to Isaac Leeser, written from St. Thomas on September 9, 1846. Wolff requests that Leeser send him several religious texts for his Sunday school, explaining that many children have been neglected since he was forced out of the school and he wishes to restart classes. He mentions a respected member who has a large number of children and supports the endeavor. The letter mentions 36 Pyher[?] catechisms, 36 cahiev[?], 24 Bible questions by Miss Peixotto, and 12 of Leeser's catechisms.

Subjects

Sunday School Instruction Religious Texts St. Thomas

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF3_5

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

People

Sender: Aaron Wolff

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: September 09, 1846

Hebrew: י״ח בֶּאֱלוּל תר״ו

Places

From: Saint Thomas

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Aaron Wolff, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Aaron Wolff to Isaac Leeser;September 09, 1846.” (September 09, 1846). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff3_5 .