Letter from Joseph Abraham to Isaac Leeser;October 14, 1858 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Joseph Abraham to Isaac Leeser;October 14, 1858

Author

Joseph Abraham

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

14 October 1858

Location(s)

Cincinnati

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 4 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pg1ht0c/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pg1ht0c

Physical Characteristics

Lined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

content

Cincinnati 14 Oct 1858?
Revd I Leeser
Dear Sir
Having written to you heretofore I consider it proper to keep you posted in the Wise matters.
As I told you he issued an extra political sheet on Monday filled with the most absurd nonsense, and blackguardism. Abusing me & all others who differed with him, inserting however this “If he (?) “will get one respectable man to “sign his (my) card we will take “back every word we said” Where upon I procured the signature of seven respectable men adopting my card, sent the same to him & told him he must either pronounce those me not respectable or retract
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Saint Isaac Mayer Wise ?

all he has said of me. He replies winces & prevarecates & asks me to point out the portions of his paper which give offence & he will do so as to mine & three arbitrators shall determine what shall be done by either. I demand his retraction he again does not comply but fi=nally consents to leave the whole matter to three persons which I have agreed to do. If it had not been for public scandal a cowhide would have been his merited chastisement, as it is he has lost caste amongst friend & foe, all alike utterly denouncing his course. He has acted in a most vile & despicable manner, first in taking a bribe to support any political party, secondly in attempxting to carry out his views of poli=tics in a religious paper, thirdly his views were antagonist to ¾ of his subscribers, fourthly his

scandalous abuse of men so eminently his superior, in every point of view moral, religious, intellectual or in any other way. Without knowing what if any political preferences you may have, you must rejoice in the defeat & total route of him & his party. He has gone today to Louisville will return on Tuesday & then will have to appear before the three who I choose & defend himself against me. You can have no idea of the universal condemnation he meets here among all classes jews & christians.
Did you receive his extras called “Observers”. If you wish to know more address yours truly
Joseph Abraham

Identifier

LSKAP0141

Date

1858-10-14