Letter from H. S. Hanford to Isaac Leeser;March 08, 1858
- Title
- Letter from H. S. Hanford to Isaac Leeser;March 08, 1858
- Author
- H. S. Hanford
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 8 March 1858
- Format
- Letter. 4 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).
- Letter
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3t72822s/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3t72822s
- Physical Characteristics
- Lined Paper
- Wax Seal
- Manuscript
- content
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No 46 South St
New York March 8th 1858
My dear Mr Leeser
I duly received your returned favor of 3rd inst. the package of Books also came safely to hand and have been distributed as per directions. I have an understanding with ? to return to me any Occidents not delivered. They for now have been returned to him by his carriers. No delay occurred this time in distributing the work and I trust hereafter all will go on smoothly & without delay.
I have the package of Books from Charleston, it was with H. Barillien. Book Seller No. 29 Broadway. If I do not have an opportunity to send it on privately within a few days, I will send it by express. I have not yet seen B. Cohen but will do so the first time I go that way, and collect your bill against him It affords now much pleasure to furnish you with a letter of introduction to Mr Lane of the Ledger (which letter I enclose) and hope it may be of service to you. You will find, Mr Lane a very clean man, although plain and old fashioned, but not, as learned as your goodself He is no bigot on Religious matters; and I think feels disposed to let even ? enjoy their own opinions on that subject. I have not seen the articles you refer to, as published
under dates of 18th & 24th Feby. as I seldom see the Ledger. I hope you will soon succeed in silencing all your foes.
Please say to Mr Cozens the family left by Mr Thorp are getting along very comfortably and the children by his first wife are all married except Delia, the youngest and all remain with their step mother except Charlotte & Charles. Charlotte did not marry will no a worldly point and has now got ahead any I have seen her but once for 3 or 9 years & then she looked old & careless she has I believe only one child, a Daughter. Charles has been married several years, but has no children having lost by death the only he ever had; last summer he got possession of his fathers Stove & Stock at the sale of his effects for a mere song and is now carrying on the stove business with the assistance of Charlottes Husband I do not think he will ever make a rich man— Athinaus? is married to a very good, young man and is doing very well, she has one child only, a Boy. Sarah was married on Thursday last, to a man who is some 10 or 12 years her senior, by profession a Bookkeeper on a sallary of $1200 pr an but said to be an excellent man Sarah is an excellent girl and was very much beloved by her step mother. Delia is also a good girl and in manner & appearance decidedly the flower of the family. She is very lady like & easy in her manners & has been well educated Mrs Thorp deserves great credit for the care she has taken of the family and for the manner in which she has brought
up the girls, and for keeping the family together since Mr Thorps death as she has had to depend on her own means to do so, Mr Thorp having left nothing of his own in fact not enough to pay his debts & Charles will do nothing for his sisters, not even to the extent of a wedding present to Sarah. However I think they will do very well without him at all events I do not intend to let them suffer.
Many thanks to Mrs Cozens & yourself for the kind solicitude expressed by you both for my health And which has greatly improved since my last. And I now have hopes that it will not be advisable for me to take the southern tour heretofore contemplated.
With kindest regards to Mrs Cozens & the girls, and best wishes for the health & prosperity of all
I remain, sincerely
your well wisher
Hanford
Mrs Hanford & Mr Sale? send
kind regards
Revd Isaac Leeser
Philadelphia - Identifier
- LSDCBx2FF5_9
- Date
- 1858-03-08
Part of Letter from H. S. Hanford to Isaac Leeser;March 08, 1858
H. S. Hanford, “Letter from H. S. Hanford to Isaac Leeser;March 08, 1858”, 1858-03-08, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/66309