Letter from L. Schoney to Isaac Leeser;February 20, 1865 Letter from Dr. L. Schoney in Washington, D.C., to Reverend Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, regarding Schoney's candidacy for a surgeonship at the Jewish Hospital. Schoney highlights his experience with hospital routines, his knowledge of leading physicians in Philadelphia, his understanding of diseases prevalent in the United States, and other relevant qualifications. The letter also includes a postscript requesting an "Occident" publication for his treatise on "Sanitary institutions of the Hebrews."