Request to Mention Eulogy in "The Occident": A Letter from Eliezar Phillips to Isaac Leeser

Metadata

Request to Mention Eulogy in "The Occident": A Letter from Eliezar Phillips to Isaac Leeser

Description

Letter from Eliezar Phillips in New York City to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated June 2, 1866 (2 Tammuz 5626). Phillips requests Leeser to mention him in the "Occident" newspaper, in relation to a eulogy Phillips delivered for Rabbi Isaac HaKohen. The letter also discusses a missing section in a Sefer Torah and shares news of his son's engagement. The letter is written in English and Hebrew, and consists of 3 pages on 2 sheets.

Subjects

Eulogies Sefer Torah Rabbinic Life

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx3FF1_35

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

People

Sender: Eliezar Phillips

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: June 15, 1866

Hebrew: ב׳ בְּתַמּוּז תרכ״ו

Places

From: New York City

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Phillips, Eliezar, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Eliezar Phillips to Isaac Leeser;June 15, 1866.” (June 15, 1866). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx3ff1_35 .