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Letter from Benjamin Nathan to Isaac Leeser requesting that Leeser send copies of *The Occident* to several individuals in New York City. Nathan apologizes for not being able to provide more names, citing difficulty in convincing people of their duty to subscribe. He also requests that Leeser send him receipted bills so he may remit payment.

A letter from Isaac Leeser discussing the burial of Frederick Samuel, a member of another congregation, in the writer's congregation's burial ground. The letter also details the publication of Leeser's new translation of the Holy Scriptures and includes a lengthy discussion of the translation process and its relation to other contemporary translations. The letter concludes with a personal section addressed to an unnamed "Dear Uncle." The recipient is not named in this letter.