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Description

Letter from J. Eckman in Mobile, AL to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA, dated January 25, 1854 (5614). The letter informs Leeser of the death of Judah Touro and details the bequests in his will, including significant sums for Palestine, Jewish hospitals in New York, Hebrew societies in Philadelphia, Mobile, and Montgomery, and the Hebrew Foreign Missionary Society in China. The writer attributes the distribution of the will to Mr. Kuesheedt.

Subjects

Judah Touro Philanthropy Bequests

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSKAP_NC-26

Collection: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

People

Sender: Julius Eckman

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: January 25, 1854

Hebrew: כ״ה בְּטֵבֵת תרי״ד

Places

From: Mobile

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Julius Eckman, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Julius Eckman to Isaac Leeser;January 25, 1854.” (January 25, 1854). Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lskap_nc-26 .