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Letter from Samuel Hyman Cohen of Auburn, Placer County, California, to Isaac Leeser, editor of the Occident, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cohen describes his experiences in China, where he encountered Chinese Jews in Shanghai and Kaifeng. He discusses difficulties in obtaining permission to travel inland to meet with the Chinese Jewish community, and details his interactions with various missionaries and merchants in Shanghai. Cohen also shares information about the Jewish community in California, including his involvement in establishing a Jewish burial ground and a temporary synagogue in San Francisco. The letter is written in English and is eight pages in length.

Three-page letter written by Sophie Waldon Cohen to Isaac Leeser from San Francisco, California on May 29, 1862. Cohen forwards an enclosed article to Leeser, requesting its inclusion in his next publication with Hebrew lettering for the Jewish words. She also mentions sending a copy of the article to Dr. Eckman of the "Gleaner" in San Francisco, and asks that a copy of the publication be sent to Dr. Eckman. The letter writer identifies herself as the wife of Mr. Cohen, who previously wrote to Leeser about Chinese Jews, and as the sister of Mrs. S. Benjamin, formerly of Montreal, Canada.