Response to Article on 'Wrong Doings in California'

Metadata

Response to Article on 'Wrong Doings in California'

Description

A letter written from San Francisco, CA on May 29, 1862, responding to an article in the Occident about improper conduct in California. The author, the wife of one of the Cohanim mentioned in the article, refutes the claims made and gives her account of the events, clarifying the circumstances surrounding her engagement and marriage. She describes the involvement of Dr. Henry and the board of Congregation Sherith Israel in her marriage.

Subjects

Marriage disputes Congregation Sherith Israel California

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx2FF9_13

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

People

Sender: —

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: May 29, 1862

Hebrew: כ״ט בְּאִיָיר תרכ״ב

Places

From: San Francisco

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Isaac Leeser. “Letter from to Isaac Leeser;May 29, 1862.” (May 29, 1862). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx2ff9_13 .