Financial Hardship and Payment Extension Request, July 17, 1849

Metadata

Financial Hardship and Payment Extension Request, July 17, 1849

Description

Letter from L. Solomon in New York to Rabbi Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated July 17, 1849. Solomon discusses his financial difficulties due to the cholera epidemic and requests an extension on a payment plan. He mentions Mr. Morrison as an intermediary and expresses anxiety about disappointing Leeser. The letter includes Hebrew and Yiddish text. It is five pages long, written on four sheets of paper and sealed with wax.

Subjects

Financial difficulties Cholera epidemic Payment plans

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF6_50

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

People

Sender: L. Solomon

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: July 17, 1849

Hebrew: כ״ז בְּתַמּוּז תר״ט

Places

From: New York City

To: Philadelphia

Languages

English Hebrew

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Solomon, L., Isaac Leeser. “Letter from L. Solomon to Isaac Leeser;July 17, 1849.” (July 17, 1849). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff6_50 .