Subject: Unknown Subject

Alfred Wright writes to Isaac Leeser from Choctaw Nation to inform him that he has made arrangements with A. Merwin, agent of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, to discontinue his subscription to *The Occident* at the end of March 1857 due to financial pressures. He expresses reluctance at doing so, having read the publication since its inception, and hopes to resubscribe in the future if his circumstances improve. Wright mentions that he is translating the Hebrew scriptures into Choctaw and expresses interest in obtaining a copy of Leeser's own translation if published. He also notes that he requested Mr. Merwin to pay for the *Occident* at the office of the *Asmonean* on Nassau Street in New York.

A letter from Isaac Leeser discussing the burial of Frederick Samuel, a member of another congregation, in the writer's congregation's burial ground. The letter also details the publication of Leeser's new translation of the Holy Scriptures and includes a lengthy discussion of the translation process and its relation to other contemporary translations. The letter concludes with a personal section addressed to an unnamed "Dear Uncle." The recipient is not named in this letter.