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Circular from the Committee for the Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Reverend Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The circular announces the tenth anniversary celebration of the Home, to be held on Sunday, January 8, 1865, at the Masonic Hall on St. Charles Street. The celebration will include a prayer by Reverend H. Edinger, an oration by Mr. David Goldman, recitations by orphans under the tuition of Miss Julia Hart, and musical performances by Messrs. Oliviera and Grueling. The circular lists the members of the committee.

Letter from Isaac Hart in New Orleans to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, dated June 3, 1856. Hart reports on the newly elected officers of the Ladies and Gentlemen's Hebrew Benevolent Associations in New Orleans. He details the activities of the Home for Jewish Widows and Orphans, including the opening of a school within the building. He also mentions the progress of a new synagogue on Carondelet Street and provides a list of subscribers to *The Occident*.