Letter from A. H. DeLevante to Isaac Leeser;December 08, 1857

Title: Letter from A. H. DeLevante to Isaac Leeser;December 08, 1857
Author: A. H. DeLevante
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Date Created: 8 December 1857
Location(s): Kingston; Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 4 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).; Legal
Type: Letter
Language(s): English
Has Format: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3sb3xk0h/manifest.json
Link to Colenda: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sb3xk0h
Physical Characteristics: Wax Seal; Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: Kingston Decr 8th 1857
Dear Sir,
I regret I should have so far neg-lected my duty to you when I transmitted to your care a communication in which I was particularly interested, without directly addressing you soliciting your kind interference & influence, to aid me in the accomplishment of my purpose, this would even of itself bear the impression, that I was influenced by personal motives; but regardless of this, permit me to assure you, that there was something due on other grounds, viz, my personal respect for your position as a teacher in Israel, and had it not been that I was reminded of the fact of my negligence I should still have remained the defaulter, although quite unintentional; but, repentance never comes too late, and will doubtless make reparation for my wrong.
I have seen your communica-tions to Mr. Nathan, by which I am con-vinced you have interested yourself in my behalf, for which I have to thank you, I regret to learn that there has been a division in the congregations I should have preferred to have heard the “two sticks were united”

however as congregations are now con-stituted I regret to say too much dif-ference of feeling exists, & too much dis-satisfaction prevails, Alas! For the poor Hazanim, our lot is not always cast in pleasant places, although we must not murmur, I should like to have been made aware of the mode of living domestic expenses &c, so as to form an estimate of situation & place; but for that I of course have to thank myself for not seeking your advice in time. I may yet not be too late, could you respond to this promptly, I am happy to hear my old friend Revd S. Jacobs is officiating in your city, and I trust he may continue long in his occu-pation to render the congregation the benefit of his valuable services.
Mr. Nathan in his commu-nication to you in my behalf, more or less represented to you my position in the present sphere of my labors, and gave you a faithful account of the nature of the difficulties under which I am now laboring, and I feel within myself that nothing but a fair field for the developement of my energies—which I am impressed

with the conviction would be open for me in a strange country—can arouse me from my now dormant state, to render myself useful to any congregation, however praiseworthy is modesty, it is too frequently detrimental to our interests, yet, we cannot get rid of the fact; but that the feeling is encouraged. I however would pursue a different course were I to leave this for any other place.
Permit me in conclusion to thank you for your kind wishes to further my purpose, and believe me to be
Thine ever very truly
A H DeLevante
Revd Isaac Leeser

My Dear Sir
I have taken the liberty to enclose a letter under your care to Richmond which I would thank you to forward for me
Not known N E
Try 371 Walnut St.
Revd. Isaac Leeser
Philadelphia
Identifier: LSDCBx9FF16_4
Date: 1857-12-08

Part of Letter from A. H. DeLevante to Isaac Leeser;December 08, 1857

A. H. DeLevante, “Letter from A. H. DeLevante to Isaac Leeser;December 08, 1857”, 1857-12-08, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/67632