Request for Sunday School Books

Metadata

Request for Sunday School Books

Description

Letter from G[?] Jacob of Richmond, VA, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA, requesting books for a Sunday school. Jacob mentions his brother's successful lecture on the civilization of the ancients and the predominance of the Hebrew race. The letter is dated January 7, 1857 (5617).

Subjects

Jewish Sunday Schools Religious education Ancient Civilizations

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF4_1

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

People

Sender: G. Jacobs

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: January 07, 1857

Hebrew: י״א בְּטֵבֵת תרי״ז

Places

From: Richmond

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Jacobs, G., Isaac Leeser. “Letter from G[?] Jacob to Isaac Leeser;January 07, 1857.” (January 07, 1857). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff4_1 .