Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser, April 16, 1849

Metadata

Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser, April 16, 1849

Description

Abraham de Sola writes to Isaac Leeser from Montreal on April 16, 1849. The letter discusses various topics, including the appointment of Mr. Benjamin, a Purim play put on by children in de Sola's congregation, corrections to de Sola's notes on Perisol, a proposed assembly of congregations, news from England regarding the death of Hananel de Castro, and a lecture de Sola gave at the Mechaim's Institute in Montreal on the Jews and Christians in Persia. De Sola also mentions his correspondence with Miss Gratz and the upcoming publication of the next issue of *Evenings in Judea*. The letter is written in English with some Hebrew words interspersed. It consists of four pages on two sheets.

Subjects

Purim Jewish education Anglo-Jewish Community

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF6_29

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

People

Sender: Abraham de Sola

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: April 16, 1849

Hebrew: כ״ד בְּנִיסָן תר״ט

Places

From: Montreal

To: Philadelphia

Languages

English Hebrew

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Abraham de Sola, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser;April 16, 1849.” (April 16, 1849). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff6_29 .