Letter from Gershom Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser;May 02, 1849
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- Letter from Gershom Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser;May 02, 1849
- Author
- Gershom Kursheedt
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 2 May 1849
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- Letter. 3 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).
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- Letter
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- English
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p33n2113j/manifest.json
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New Orls May 2. 5609
My dear friend.
It is a singular fact that your form of March 19 only reached me a few days ago, which accounts for the inquiries which I made in a late letter & to which you reply in yours of April 3d remarking that you had previously answered me. Let that pass
My main object just now in addressing you is to say that as soon as I hear from you of a day being freed for the c? at New York I shall make final arrangements for my departure passage. The secretary of the congregation informed you immediately of my appointment as the Delegate. I shall leave here so as to be in NYork by the 11th proxo unless I hear that the day has been postponed. I suppose the Occident of the 1st will satisfy me that the convention will be held & as soon as that is recd. I may start. In your last No you talk of many delegates from the same congregation. Of course each Congregation can only have one vote & even as to delegates, if one congregation is allowed too many, the delegates from some may not get a chance to say a word. Look to this in time.
Respecting the inside furniture of the Synagogue here, you can take your time & need not ? to ship anything altho' what you may have sent will be taken care of by Mr Touro till my return Perhaps you may like me & see some of the
“fixings” & the longer certain good are kept out of this climate (until they are used) the better. As regards more money you had best write direct to Mr Touro at once, as he is very slow & you can say that as you presume I am absent starting you address him instead of me. by the bye, say a word to him upon the importance of this convention & the propriety of each congregation sending a proper delegate so that whatever expenses may grow out of the convention he may not think the means of the congregation are squandered.
I hope to meet Mr. Gutheim this summer perhaps at the convention or if I take the Sandusky route north I may see him in Cincinnati
I am altogether undetermined which may I shall go, perhaps direct to NY by steamship hence on the 21st inst or on the 1st proximo, be to Savannah by mail & thence by steamer to NY or I may pass through to Charleston & there take steam. My movements will depend upon my time, & the company of my respectable delegates that I may fall in with.
I do not know if it will scarcely be worth while for you to answer this letter, but still as I shall not in all probability leave here before 20th perhaps it will be as well for you to do so in case you have anything to say of moment
If you wish to see me before we meet at the convention write to me here as ever at once. I should like to have talk with you in advance of any caucusing, but
I think we shall not differ much in our notions about “Reforms”.
I hear that Mr. Nathan (the revd.) has left St Thomas, & gone to Jamaica to settle up his business with his brother in law with whom he was in partnership & that he (Nathan) will not return to St Thomas. What's in the wind? I have recd no letters from him for a long time past. We continue to worship regularly in the rooms temporarily prepared & have an excellent “Siphar” tho' small which we can keep as long as I please.
Between ourselves I doubt if the few who attend service will continue after I leave here. If the yellow fever is not prevalent in the summer I would like to return & consecrate the synagogue for the New Year. Of this more anon.
Hoping that you may enjoy our approaching festival & be well to perform all your duties at the convention
I am as ever sincerely
your friend
G. Kursheedt.
Will you be kind enough to offer my fondest love to my dear Aunt & husband & tell them that I hope to visit them for a day or so ere very long, as I have concluded to order the chandelier bracket &c for the gas to be used in the Synagogue, from your city & shall desire to explain to Mr Cornelius precisely what I want. - Identifier
- LSDCBx9FF18a_6
- Date
- 1849-05-02
Part of Letter from Gershom Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser;May 02, 1849
Gershom Kursheedt, “Letter from Gershom Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser;May 02, 1849”, 1849-05-02, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/65465