Request for Cemetery Gate Inscription

Metadata

Request for Cemetery Gate Inscription

Description

Letter from Simon B. Kahnweiler, chairman of the Ways & Means Committee of the True Brothers Society in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, requesting a suitable inscription in Hebrew or English for the gate of their cemetery. The letter specifies that the inscription should fit within an arch and be sent on a separate paper so it can be sent to the founder for casting.

Subjects

Cemeteries Inscriptions True Brothers Society

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSTCAT_item11

Collection: The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material

People

Sender: Simon B. Kahnweiler

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: December 31, 1856

Hebrew: ד׳ בְּטֵבֵת תרי״ז

Places

From: Wilmington

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Simon B. Kahnweiler, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Simon B. Kahnweiler to Isaac Leeser;December 31, 1856.” (December 31, 1856). The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lstcat_item11 .