Report on Benevolent Societies and the Widows' and Orphans' Home in New Orleans

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Letter from Isaac Hart in New Orleans to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated June 3, 1856. Hart reports on the newly elected officers of the Ladies and Gentlemen's Hebrew Benevolent Associations in New Orleans. He details the activities of the Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans, including the opening of a school within the building. He also mentions the progress of a new synagogue on Carondelet Street and provides a list of subscribers to *The Occident*.

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