Subject: Unknown Subject

Letter from I. Wolf and Hart & Co. to Isaac Leeser discussing the oath taken by attorneys in the District of Columbia after the Civil War. Wolf mentions a change in the oath since the war, and that the oath alluded to in a Maryland trial predates this change. He expresses his frustration with the lack of interest in legal matters among Israelites, contrasting it with their focus on money. Wolf also states he is writing an article for the Occident.

Letter from Joseph Abraham, an attorney and counselor at law, and solicitor in chancery in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abraham encloses $5 and expresses his approbation of Leeser's actions regarding unspecified matters, agreeing with Leeser's views that improvements should be made in a duly and properly constituted manner, rather than haphazardly. He requests Leeser to insert an attached card in his cover and indicates a desire to know the annual cost. The letter is written on four sheets of paper, one page, with a wax seal.

The author, who is unidentified, writes to Isaac Leeser from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 5, 1866, enclosing a slip announcing their admission to the Pittsburgh Bar. They request Leeser to publish this announcement in the next edition of *The Occident*, along with any further remarks Leeser deems fit, and ask for a copy of the published edition.