Inquiry about Francis Lieber's Ancestry

Metadata

Inquiry about Francis Lieber's Ancestry

Description

Letter from L. T. Levin to Isaac Leeser, written in Columbia, SC on June 28, 1854. Levin encloses a newspaper clipping discussing rumors about Francis Lieber's Jewish ancestry. Levin asks Leeser for information about Lieber's background, emphasizing that the information will be kept strictly confidential.

Subjects

Francis Lieber Jewish ancestry South Carolina College

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF1_63

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

People

Sender: L. T. Levin

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: June 28, 1854

Hebrew: ב׳ בְּתַמּוּז תרי״ד

Places

From: Columbia

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Levin, L. T., Isaac Leeser. “Letter from L. T. Levin to Isaac Leeser;June 28, 1854.” (June 28, 1854). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff1_63 .