Letter from Mendes Cohen to Isaac Leeser;July 22, 1849 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Mendes Cohen to Isaac Leeser;July 22, 1849

Author

Mendes Cohen

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

22 July 1849

Location(s)

Baltimore

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 4 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3zs2kj2j/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3zs2kj2j

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

content

Baltimore July 22d 1849.
Revd Isaac Leeser
Dr Sir
Perceiving from the Occident that several congregations are in want of Readers or Hazans, I may probably be aiding their wishes by communicating to you that from a letter lately received by my Mother from England, we learn that a brother of the Revd Mr Isaacs of New York is about visiting the U. States, and with a view perhaps to an engage-ment as Hazan—By way therefore of information in such a way as you may deem fit to mention it, I have extracted that portion of the letter referred to, which is annexed—I should be gratified should it result beneficially to the parties interested.
With the best regards of our family, I am
Dear sir
Yours with great respect
Mendes Cohen
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Extract
“I have now to congratulate you on the proba-bility of the Revd. D. M. Isaacs going to the states he having sent in his resignation as lecturer to the Liverpool congregation. The reason he has given for so doing, is the smallness of the salary, which I can readily believe for it is too trifling for a person of his acquirements to receive. Yet disordered as the finan-cial affairs of the congregation are I fear there are other causes in operation; such as, their want of appreci-ation of him, and the division in their councils.
Mr Isaacs who I believe has a brother who lec-tures in N. York has been above 12 years amongst us. Educated under the auspices and in the house of our late chief Rabbi, he possesses all the energy and learning of that eminent divine combined with the elegancies? of modern literature, and was the first in this coun-try, who dared to turn aside from the beaten track, and enlighten us with sermons in the vernacular tongue. I shall sincerely regret his departure.
But merit seems to turn to the best to be appre-ciated: and I have no doubt he will be eagerly sought after in the States.”
7-22-1829

Revd. Isaac Leeser
371 Walnut St.
Philadelphia
Pa

Identifier

LSKAP0074

Date

1849-07-22