Letter from Josephus Justus Belinfante to Isaac Leeser, December 24, 1857

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Letter from Josephus Justus Belinfante in The Hague to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated December 24, 1857. Belinfante inquires about the availability and price of two Sepharim (Hebrew books) that Leeser needs. He discusses the high cost and difficulty in obtaining them in The Hague. He also mentions preparing a list of publications and sending it to Leeser via London, including an exemplar of the 1858 Yearbook, which features articles on the Chazaz kingdom, medieval Jewish history in Belgium, and a Jewish novel. He offers to advertise Leeser's project in a Jewish newspaper and asks about the Ancona family's well-being.

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