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Letter from Henry S. Jacobs in Kingston, Jamaica to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA. Jacobs discusses the delivery of copies of *The Occident*, his prospects for finding a position in the United States, his progress in learning Portuguese minhag, and news of other rabbis in Jamaica. He includes a letter of recommendation and a sermon to be considered for publication in *The Occident*. The letter includes a wax seal.

Letter from M. Samelson in New York City to Reverend Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, requesting a list of ministers of Jewish congregations in the United States or the names of magazine agents to whom he could sell his work, *Jewish Family Scenes*. The letter is written on two pages of a single sheet. A table of numbers is present on the second page.