Donation for Jerusalem's Poor and Ministerial Change in Charleston

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Letter from E. Sommers in Charleston, South Carolina to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sommers encloses a check for twenty-seven dollars, three of which are for his yearly subscription to *The Occident*, and the remaining twenty-four dollars are from the members of the Shearith Israel congregation for the benefit of poor brethren in Jerusalem. Sommers also informs Leeser that Rev. Ellis Lyons was elected minister of their congregation for two years. The letter includes a wax seal.

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