Letter from Abraham Rice to Isaac Leeser;January 16, 1848 Four-page letter from Abraham Reis in Baltimore to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated 11 December 1848 (11 Shevat 5608). Reis discusses his reading of Leopold Zung's "Zur Geschichte und Literatur," criticizing Zung's approach to biblical criticism. He also mentions a notice in the Occident regarding a clergyman named Pazinansky and requests two dozen copies of Leeser's prayer book, to be bound. The letter is written in German with Hebrew included. There is a wax seal present.