Letter from B. Felsenthal to Isaac Leeser Regarding the Occident, March 19, 1867

Metadata

Letter from B. Felsenthal to Isaac Leeser Regarding the Occident, March 19, 1867

Description

Two-page letter from B. Felsenthal in Chicago, Illinois to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated March 19, 1867. Felsenthal politely requests that Leeser discontinue sending him the Occident, citing his low salary. He assures Leeser that he will continue reading the Occident through his membership in a young men's association that subscribes to it. Felsenthal expresses his appreciation for the paper's integrity and wishes all Jewish papers were similarly honest and decent. He also inquires about his balance owed for the paper.

Subjects

Occident (newspaper) Young Men's Associations Jewish periodicals

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSDCBx3FF2_10

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

People

Sender: Bernhard Felsenthal

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: March 19, 1867

Hebrew: י״ב בַּאֲדָר ב׳ תרכ״ז

Places

From: Chicago

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Bernhard Felsenthal, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from B. Felsenthal to Isaac Leeser;March 19, 1867.” (March 19, 1867). The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lsdcbx3ff2_10 .