Financial Request and Business Matter: Letter from Nathan Ottinger to Isaac Leeser, September 13, 1850

Metadata

Financial Request and Business Matter: Letter from Nathan Ottinger to Isaac Leeser, September 13, 1850

Description

Letter from Nathan Ottinger to Isaac Leeser requesting money and prayer books. Ottinger mentions difficulties supplying prayer books to the New York community and asks Leeser to send whatever he can spare, even if not in the best condition. He also mentions not yet receiving prayer books and Pentateuchs sent previously. The letter is written in English and Yiddish.

Subjects

Financial difficulties Prayer books Religious supplies

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF7_21

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

People

Sender: Nathan Ottinger

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: September 13, 1850

Hebrew: ז׳ בְּתִשְׁרֵי תרי״א

Places

From: New York City

To: Philadelphia

Languages

English Yiddish

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Nathan Ottinger, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Nathan Ottinger to Isaac Leeser;September 13, 1850.” (September 13, 1850). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff7_21 .