The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material
Title
The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material
Description
This collection, the gift of Linda and Michael Jesselson in December 2017, comprises letters largely written to Isaac Leeser from a variety of well-known Jewish literary figures and community leaders. There are a few letters authored by Leeser and a small number of letters that were neither written to nor from Leeser. Overall, these letters bear witness to Leeser's efforts to build the infrastructure of organized Jewish life in an English-speaking environment.