Letter from Henry I. Labatt Regarding the Know-Nothing Movement

Metadata

Letter from Henry I. Labatt Regarding the Know-Nothing Movement

Description

Letter from Henry I. Labatt in San Francisco, CA to an unknown recipient in Philadelphia, PA, written on March 20, 1855. The letter discusses the "know nothing order," and includes references to publications (referred to as "No. 1," "No. 2," and "No. 3") related to the topic, possibly articles from *The Occident*. The letter also includes a postscript inquiring about the receipt of money for the poor in Palestine.

Subjects

Know-Nothing Party Antisemitism in United States Palestine

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF2_17

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

People

Sender: Henry Jacob Labatt

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: March 20, 1855

Hebrew: א׳ בְּנִיסָן תרט״ו

Places

From: San Francisco

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Henry Jacob Labatt, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from 1832-1900 Henry J. (Henry Jacob) Labatt to Isaac Leeser;March 20, 1855.” (March 20, 1855). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff2_17 .