Letter from Moses Abrams to Isaac Leeser;July 20, 1855 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Moses Abrams to Isaac Leeser;July 20, 1855

Author

Moses Abrams

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

20 July 1855

Location(s)

Portland

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/p3q52fz98/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3q52fz98

Physical Characteristics

Lined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

content

Portland July 20th 1855
Rev. Isaac Leeser, dear sir After waiting a long time for your valuable piriodicle, at last it came and am very much pleased with it and shall try my best to sprad its surculation in this far Western Country. I am happy to hear of your safe return from your late tour to the South-West. Mr Leeser I must inform you that after I got home my Brother moved with his famile to San Francisco, and is now living there, in passing through the state he met Mrs Whitney=Alias= Sarah Ansell, she complaind very much about her Father, She says that she send him a Letter in which she Begged his Pardon, but he send the Letter back unnoticed, Mr Leeser all they ? I can write to you is about som Rich Gold Mines discovered about for Hundred miles East of this Place which one sayd to be very Extensive, if all true we will have a great harvest, Business has been very good since my Return and Expect better times yet, in this place are about 25 Jews 2 familys, we are trying to git a Jewish

Burying ground. There are sum here who want to wait a while yit so we are all healthy persons but I think it is better to prepare before hand I have nothing more to write this time
I remain your respectfull Friend
Moses Abrams
of the firm of Abrams Brothers

Identifier

LSDCBx2FF2_30

Date

1855-07-20