Financial Contribution and Request for Books: Isaac Garritson to Isaac Leeser, August 8, 1852

Metadata

Financial Contribution and Request for Books: Isaac Garritson to Isaac Leeser, August 8, 1852

Description

Isaac Garritson writes to Isaac Leeser from Nashville, Tennessee, on August 8, 1852, enclosing a payment for his subscription to *The Occident*. He also requests a German and Polish prayer book with an English translation, as well as an English translation of the Five Books of Moses. Furthermore, Garritson shares news of the recent establishment of a Hebrew Benevolent Society in Nashville and expresses their desire for a Torah scroll, suggesting that his friend, Mr. Lewis Hanf, will discuss the matter further with Leeser.

Subjects

Hebrew Benevolent Society Prayer books Torah scrolls

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx1FF9_44

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

People

Sender: Isaac Garritson

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: August 08, 1852

Hebrew: כ״ג בְּאָב תרי״ב

Places

From: Nashville

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Garritson, Isaac, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Isaac Garritson to Isaac Leeser;August 08, 1852.” (August 08, 1852). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx1ff9_44 .