Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser;November 06, 1849
- Title
- Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser;November 06, 1849
- Author
- Henry Myers
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 6 November 1849
- Format
- Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
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- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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St Louis November 6th 1849
Revd. Isaac Leeser
Dear Sir
Knowing the interest you take in the welfare of your coreligionists, throughout the Union, I therefore avail myself of the opportunity afforded me of communicating with you.
The congregation to which I belong and to which I have the honor of being Secretary has increased so rapidly within the last twelve months (so much beyond our most sanguine expectations) that I am sure you will participate with us in our exultations. At our last Holy Days our synagogue was crowded to almost suffocation not less than from Five to Six hundred persons being present. When but a few years ago we could but boast of fifty or sixty and it is still increasing. We have been more than fortunate in securing the valuable services of the Revd. Nathan Davidson, a gentleman qualified in an eminent degree for the offices he now fills, which is rather more than ordinary, arduous, being Shocet as well as Hasan, having myself been a constant attender both to the London and New York synagogues I consider myself justified in saying that he cannot be surpassed in his style of Reading
W : Agent: Henry Meyers 1849?
his pronounciatin being most perfect and his singing clear from those additions so often made use of. You may think my Dear Sir that I have over drawn my picture, but I am sure had you been present, and seen the satisfaction depicted upon the countenances of his hearer as thy life? the House of Prayer, after hearing the Revd gentleman you would agree with me, that I have fell far short in my c?. There is also a new German Synagogue started which in a little time will become of importance, we have also two Benefit docu? both flourishing, and we are about organising a Benevelent Society for the Relief of our less fortunate Bretheren, the progress of which I will inform you of at some future day in the mean time Dear Sir Believe me
to be your most obdt. Servant
Henry Meyers Secretary
United Hebrew Congregation
Myers
Revd. Isaac Leeser
Editor Occident
Post Paid Philadelphia
Pa - Identifier
- LSKAP0106
- Date
- 1849-11-06
Part of Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser;November 06, 1849
Henry Myers, “Letter from Henry Myers to Isaac Leeser;November 06, 1849”, 1849-11-06, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/66153