Letter from Josephus Justus Belinfante to Isaac Leeser;May 17, 1857 Letter from Josephus Justus Belinfante to Isaac Leeser, written in The Hague on May 17, 1857. Belinfante expresses gratitude for receiving the Occident regularly and inquires about previously sent items. He shares news of d'Arcona's family, discusses an article in the Revue des Deux Mondes, and details his conversations with Benjamin II, a Jewish traveler. He provides information on Jewish publications in Holland, including the Jaarboekje, and offers statistics on the Jewish population in the Netherlands' American possessions. He also requests information about M. de Silva Solis and his family in Jamaica.