Letter from E. L. Hess to Isaac Leeser;April 22, 1866 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from E. L. Hess to Isaac Leeser;April 22, 1866

Author

E. L. Hess

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

22 April 1866

Location(s)

Norfolk

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).

Letter

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32v2cs6r/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32v2cs6r

Physical Characteristics

Lined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

content

Rev. Mr. Isaac Leeser Pha
Norfolk April 22/66
Esteemed Sir and Brother!
Thankfull & obliged to you for the large amount of attention paid unto me since late, I beg to inform you, that on request of the Norfolk Institute I paid them a visit & gave them a lecture yesterday at their divine service (hebrew). As I hear acer-tain Mr. or Dr Bean residing in N. York & recommended by Messrs Rev. Einhorn & Adler, N.Y., is the other party, I am to compede with. Do you, esteemed Sir, know the party, is he (Mr. Bean) not one of the very radical party? If so, you would oblige me to the highest degree by communicating such to the Norfolk

Institute Board, but without mentioning, anything of this letter, being now certain that your word has some great in-fluence on the Norfolkers & would make a big stroke through Mr Beans account. So far as I see, I have a very good chance, but Bean has some patronizers too, it would therefore be of great advantage for my part, if you would oblige me by complying with the above. As the cause will be decided on Saturday next, your letter would have to arrive here before that time. Excuse, Sir, the lot of trouble I have put unto you & be honored, that gratitude on my part will always be my first aim. Yours most obdt. servant
E L Hess
19 W. Balto St
Balto
P.S. Adress the letter
J Hofheimer
President of the Norfolk English & Hebrew Institute
Norfolk Va
I will leave here tomorrow for Balto.

The above text refers to Occident Volume 24 No. 2 page 94. Click here to view.

Identifier

LSDCBx3FF1_28

Date

1866-04-22