Request for Printing of Akafot Verses

Metadata

Request for Printing of Akafot Verses

Description

Letter from B. Delvalle to Reverend Isaac Leeser requesting that Leeser print twenty-five Hebrew copies of seven verses read at burials. Delvalle specifies the size and quality of paper desired, and requests that the printed copies be sent in a roll, rather than folded. He offers to pay for the commission upon receipt of the printed material. The letter is dated January 18, 1864 and was sent from St. Thomas to Philadelphia via Halifax.

Subjects

Printing Funerals Jewish liturgy

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF11_3

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

People

Sender: B. Delvalle

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: January 18, 1864

Hebrew: י׳ בִּשְׁבָט תרכ״ד

Places

From: Saint Thomas

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Delvalle, B., Isaac Leeser. “Letter from B. Delvalle to Isaac Leeser;January 18, 1864.” (January 18, 1864). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff11_3 .