Letter from Rachel Wilke Regarding Prophecy and Religious Identity

Metadata

Letter from Rachel Wilke Regarding Prophecy and Religious Identity

Description

A three-page letter written by Rachel Wilke from Philadelphia, PA. The letter discusses a meeting with Rev. Gabriel Pope, refers to events relating to the arrival of Maximillian at Vera Cruz on May 28, 1864, and includes interpretations of biblical passages. The author refers to herself as a prophet and mentions 'the Daughter of Jerusalem'. The recipient is not named in the letter. The letter is fragmented.

Subjects

Biblical interpretation Prophecy Messianism

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF11_31

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

People

Sender: Rachel Wilke

Recipient: —

Dates

Gregorian:

Hebrew: Unknown

Places

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Wilke, Rachel. “Letter from Rachel Wilke to.” (). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff11_31 .