Subject: Unknown Subject

Letter from J. R. Hershry to Isaac Leeser regarding a testimonial given to Solomon Pareira, former president of the Bnai Israel Congregation in Providence, Rhode Island. The letter describes the presentation ceremony, including speeches and a religious discourse, and provides the inscription on a silver goblet presented to Pareira and the text of an accompanying address.

Letter from Mayer, M. to Isaac Leeser, written in New York City on November 19, 1859. Mayer informs Leeser that he has been summoned home to Charleston to attend to a pressing matter and requests clarification on who sent Leeser the correspondence between Mayer and a committee that presented Mayer with a testimonial. Mayer explains that the presentation occurred before he refused a request to remain, contrary to how it might appear in the published correspondence and accompanying remarks. He includes a copy of a petition and notes that the Sabbath-Sunday movement in New York has dissolved.