Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser, May 7 and 9, 1854

Metadata

Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser, May 7 and 9, 1854

Description

Four-page letter from Henry Myers in St. Louis, Missouri, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter discusses the distribution of Bibles, the mental state of a Mr. Plahto, financial matters related to the distribution of Tephilim, subscriptions to the *Occident*, and the search for a preacher and lecturer for the United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis. The Congregation seeks a person fluent in German and English, willing to lead a school, for a salary of $1000 per year.

Subjects

JEwish Bible Tephilim United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF1_45

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

People

Sender: Henry Myers

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: May 07, 1854

Hebrew: ט׳ בְּאִיָיר תרי״ד

Places

From: St. Louis

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Henry Myers, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser;May 07, 1854.” (May 07, 1854). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff1_45 .