Letter from Isaac Epstein to Isaac Leeser, October 18, 1859

Metadata

Letter from Isaac Epstein to Isaac Leeser, October 18, 1859

Description

Letter from Isaac Epstein in Mobile, Alabama, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated October 18, 1859. Epstein writes in German, describing the unification of two congregations and his election as cantor and shochet. He requests from Leeser marriage, newborn, and funeral sermons, offering to pay or return them via his brother in New York.

Subjects

Jewish congregations Mobile, Alabama Cantor

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF6_36

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

People

Sender: Isaac Epstein

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: October 18, 1859

Hebrew: כ׳ בְּתִשְׁרֵי תר״כ

Places

From: Mobile

To: Philadelphia

Language

German

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Epstein, Isaac, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Isaac Epstein to Isaac Leeser;October 18, 1859.” (October 18, 1859). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff6_36 .