Request for Sermon Copy from Edward McPherson to Sabato Morais

Metadata

Request for Sermon Copy from Edward McPherson to Sabato Morais

Description

Letter from Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, to Rabbi Sabato Morais, requesting a copy of a sermon Morais had printed two years prior. McPherson mentions having enjoyed Morais's Thanksgiving Day sermon. The letter is written on House of Representatives stationery and includes a notation indicating it was sent using free mail (franked).

Subjects

Sermons Thanksgiving American Judaism

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSTCAT_item211

Collection: The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material

People

Sender: Edward McPherson

Recipient: Sabato Morais

Dates

Gregorian: December 12, 1865

Hebrew: כ״ד בְּכִסְלֵו תרכ״ו

Places

From: Washington, D.C.

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

McPherson, Edward, Sabato Morais. “Letter from Edward McPherson to Sabato Morais;December 12, 1865.” (December 12, 1865). The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lstcat_item211 .