Request for Prayer Books: A Letter from Moses N. Nathan to Isaac Leeser

Metadata

Request for Prayer Books: A Letter from Moses N. Nathan to Isaac Leeser

Description

Letter from Moses N. Nathan to Isaac Leeser, written in Kingston, Jamaica on March 18, 1850. Nathan requests a set of Leeser's prayer book and festival prayers, neatly bound, for use in a Tebah. He mentions his arrival home on the 8th and Miss DeCordova's arrival on the 14th. He expresses hope to see Leeser soon and notes his departure for New Orleans on April 22nd. The letter is written on two pages of a single sheet and features a wax seal.

Subjects

Prayer books Festival Prayers Tebah

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF7_7

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

People

Sender: Moses N. Nathan

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: March 18, 1850

Hebrew: ה׳ בְּנִיסָן תר״י

Places

From: Kingston

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Moses N. Nathan, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Moses N. Nathan to Isaac Leeser;March 18, 1850.” (March 18, 1850). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff7_7 .