Letter from 1832-1900 Henry J. (Henry Jacob) Labatt to Isaac Leeser;September 01, 1848Letter from Henry J. Labatt in New Orleans to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia. Labatt discusses the distribution of books, accounts with various individuals (Mr. Lerg, Mr. Wright, Dr. Luzenburg, Mr. G. Jonas, Mr. B. B. Hart, Mrs. Florance, Mr. Newton, Mr. Touro, J. Rodriguez, Sampson, Philips, and Mr. Marks), and the progress of the synagogue. He suggests advertising the books for sale in the "Occident" and proposes writing articles for the publication describing the Jewish community in New Orleans, using the pseudonym 'Z'.