Request for a Sephardic Prayer Book

Metadata

Request for a Sephardic Prayer Book

Description

Letter written in Baltimore on June 8, 1857 (15 Sivan 5617) by Abraham Rice requesting a Sephardic prayer book, bound elegantly, to be sent to him in Philadelphia by Wednesday or Thursday via Adams Express. If the recipient has such a prayer book or can obtain one, they are asked to send it, and the writer will sell it for them.

Subjects

Sephardic prayer books Bookbinding Adams Express

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF4_52

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

People

Sender: Abraham Rice

Recipient: —

Dates

Gregorian: June 07, 1857

Hebrew: ט״ו בְּסִיוָן תרי״ז

Places

From: Baltimore

To: Philadelphia

Languages

Yiddish English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Abraham Rice. “Letter from Abraham Rice;June 07, 1857.” (June 07, 1857). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff4_52 .