Request for Prayer Books and Ethrogim

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Request for Prayer Books and Ethrogim

Description

Letter from Michael Light to Isaac Leeser, written in New York City on October 3, 1864, requesting prayer books in different bindings and quantities. Light also mentions selling Italian ethrogim and possibly soliciting subscriptions for the *Occident*. The letter includes a request for prayer books in ordinary binding, gilt binding, and Portuguese prayer books. It also mentions large octavo prayer books. The letter includes a handwritten note in German, the meaning of which is uncertain but pertains to subscriptions.

Subjects

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF11_53

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

People

Dates

Gregorian: October 03, 1864

Hebrew: ג׳ בְּתִשְׁרֵי תרכ״ה

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Languages

Yiddish English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Michael Light, Isaac Leeser. Letter from Michael Light to Isaac Leeser;October 03, 1864.” (October 03, 1864). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff11_53 .