Letter from A. Myerston to Isaac Leeser Regarding Contributions for Jews in Jerusalem, February 12, 1855

Metadata

Letter from A. Myerston to Isaac Leeser Regarding Contributions for Jews in Jerusalem, February 12, 1855

Description

Letter from A. Myerston in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Myerston discusses the contributions of local Jews to support their brethren in Jerusalem, explaining that he had requested to be included in a fundraising effort but the meeting took place during his absence. He encloses a draft for twenty dollars to be used for the Jerusalem community, the purchase of a calendar and a prayer book, and for a subscription to Leeser's *Occident*. He requests that only the amount be mentioned in the *Occident*, not his name.

Subjects

Fundraising for Jerusalem Jewish community in Venezuela Jewish philanthropy

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF2_8

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

People

Sender: A. Myerston

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: February 12, 1855

Hebrew: כ״ד בִּשְׁבָט תרט״ו

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;February 12, 1855.” (February 12, 1855). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff2_8 .