Letter from Hester Rothschild to Isaac Leeser;February 16, 1866
- Title
- Letter from Hester Rothschild to Isaac Leeser;February 16, 1866
- Author
- Hester Rothschild
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Format
- Letter. 4 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).
- Letter
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Physical Characteristics
- Lined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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London February 16th 1866
To the
Revd Isaac Leeser
Sir,
Seeing in a recent number of the „Occident” an advertisement announcing the publication of “Meditations and Prayers adapted from the French by Hester Rothschild, American stereotype edition revised and corrected by Isaac Leeser.” I beg you will have the courtesy to with- hold the publication as well as any further announce- ment of the correction and revision by you, until I am
in a position to judge of and sanction such a revision and correction, for which purpose I must request you will be good enough to favor me with a copy of the work or a full and accurate list of the said corrections and revisions, as my M.S. of the first edition was submitted to our reverend chief Rabbi Dr Adler for his approval and the last English edi-tion was most carefully looked over and revised by myself and a gentleman ably fitted for the task. I am induced to appeal to your gentlemanly feeling and sense of right by an old and esteemed
friend Mr Jacob Franklin, whom you know as he has taken some trouble in your behalf in the matter of your translation of the Bible; and he assures me that although there is no international copyright between England and the United States, yet, you would be certain to acknowledge the moral obligations existing towards a laborer, however hum-ble, who, although working but in the vestibule of literature, has bestowed much care, love and conscientiousness on the little volume in question. Therefore, I must claim from you, the withdrawal of the expressions „corrected
and revised by Isaac Leeser” from your advertisements as well as from the work which should not be altered except by myself whilst it bears my name and I am still living. Hoping, Sir, that you will be good enough to accede to my wish
I have the honor to be
Sir
Yours very obediently
Hester Rothschild - Identifier
- LSDCBx3FF1_13
- Date
- 1866-02-16
Part of Letter from Hester Rothschild to Isaac Leeser;February 16, 1866
Hester Rothschild, “Letter from Hester Rothschild to Isaac Leeser;February 16, 1866”, 1866-02-16, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/67582