Letter from Benjamin Lindo to Isaac Leeser, November 19, 1851

Metadata

Letter from Benjamin Lindo to Isaac Leeser, November 19, 1851

Description

Three-page letter from Benjamin Lindo in Elizabeth Port, New Jersey to Reverend Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lindo acknowledges receipt of Leeser's letter, reports on its delivery to Mr. A.D. Haar, and thanks Leeser for his kind words. Lindo also mentions a request for book prices and encloses an obituary for publication, along with fifty cents. The obituary announces the death of David Bair, son of Abraham Bair and grandson of David Haar, in Elizabeth Port, New Jersey on November 17, 1851. The body was taken to Williams Burg for burial.

Subjects

Obituaries Book Prices Philadelphia

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF8_67

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

People

Sender: Benjamin Lindo

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: November 19, 1851

Hebrew: כ״ד בְּחֶשְׁוָן תרי״ב

Places

From: Elizabeth

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Lindo, Benjamin, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Benjamin Lindo to Isaac Leeser;November 19, 1851.” (November 19, 1851). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff8_67 .