Letter from Rebecca Gratz to Isaac Leeser
- Title
- Letter from Rebecca Gratz to Isaac Leeser
- Author
- Rebecca Gratz
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Location(s)
- 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/p3kd1r256/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3kd1r256
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- Is Part Of
- http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124516100
- content
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To
The Revd Isaac Leeser
Walnut Street
Mr. Leeser,
I return you many thanks for the perusal of the enclosed, you see I have read it with parcel in hand, and have taken the liberty of making some passages where the omission of words would I think strengthen & improve the style.
There is a little obscurity about the introduction of the 139th Psalm did that apt quotation immediately follow the beautiful lives to which it applys the whole would be much more impressive he would not stop to enquire if the history of the cholera verifies scripture. When the facts you stole seem as if they might have inspired the holy king with those ? of eloquent subscription and deep conviction? of the omnipotence of God if I did not know that you are in the habit of writing rapidly, and not revising before you submit your manuscripts I should be different of giving an opinion because you would be certainly a better judge but ? sometimes places the stress? into the hands of the weak and you see how they take advantage of it —
believe me very sincerely
your friend R G - Identifier
- LSDCBx3FF7_17
Part of Letter from Rebecca Gratz to Isaac Leeser
Rebecca Gratz, “Letter from Rebecca Gratz to Isaac Leeser”, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/66532