Jacob Ezekiel to Isaac Leeser, October 18, 1850

Metadata

Jacob Ezekiel to Isaac Leeser, October 18, 1850

Description

Letter from Jacob Ezekiel in Richmond, VA, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA. Ezekiel writes about a convention meeting in Richmond to reform Virginia's organic laws and asks Leeser to examine the Bill of Rights and the Constitution to suggest amendments to ensure equal rights and religious liberty for Jews. He lists the names of the six delegates from Richmond and expresses his hope that Leeser will be re-elected by his congregations.

Subjects

Religious Liberty Virginia Constitution Amendments to the Bill of Rights

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSKAP0218

Collection: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

People

Sender: Jacob Ezekiel

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: October 18, 1850

Hebrew: י״ב בְּחֶשְׁוָן תרי״א

Places

From: Richmond

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Jacob Ezekiel, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Jacob Ezekiel to Isaac Leeser;October 18, 1850.” (October 18, 1850). Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lskap0218 .