Financial Assistance and Epidemic in New Orleans: A Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser, October 15, 1858
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Financial Assistance and Epidemic in New Orleans: A Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser, October 15, 1858
Description
Letter from Isaac Hart in New Orleans, LA, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA. Hart writes about the ongoing epidemic and the financial assistance being sent to various benevolent societies. He includes a detailed account of the donations received, totaling $1956.22. Hart also shares personal news, mentioning the death of a child and the serious illness of another.
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Other Details
Type: Letter
Identifier: LSDCBx2FF5_29
Collection: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
People
Sender: Isaac Hart
Recipient: Isaac Leeser
Dates
Gregorian: October 15, 1858
Hebrew: ז׳ בְּחֶשְׁוָן תרי״ט
Places
From: New Orleans
To: Philadelphia
Language
English
Citation
Please cite this item as:
Isaac Hart, Isaac Leeser.
“Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;October 15, 1858.”
(October 15, 1858). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries.
Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff5_29 .