Request for Books and a Portrait: A. Myerston to Isaac Leeser, June 15, 1854

Metadata

Request for Books and a Portrait: A. Myerston to Isaac Leeser, June 15, 1854

Description

Letter from A. Myerston in Puerto Cabello to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated June 15, 1854. Myerston requests Leeser to procure for him a portrait of the Love Giver in an ebony frame, or another dark wood frame if too expensive. He also asks Leeser to send him several books: a volume of "Select Sentences," one volume of poems by Mrs. Hyneman, a Jewish Calendar for fifty years, and one volume of Miss Peixotto's book of Bible questions. A note on the back indicates the letter was received and forwarded by Dovale & Co. on July 5th.

Subjects

Portraits Books and Book Orders Jewish Calendar

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF1_55

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

People

Sender: A. Myerston

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: June 15, 1854

Hebrew: י״ט בְּסִיוָן תרי״ד

Places

From: Puerto Cabello

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Myerston, A., Isaac Leeser. “Letter from A. Myerston to Isaac Leeser;June 15, 1854.” (June 15, 1854). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff1_55 .