Letter from Bernhard Henry Gotthelf to Isaac Leeser;March 30, 1851
- Title
- Letter from Bernhard Henry Gotthelf to Isaac Leeser;March 30, 1851
- Author
- Bernhard Henry Gotthelf
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 30 March 1851
- Format
- Letter. 2 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).
- Legal
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- Hebrew
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3ht2gz3g/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ht2gz3g
- Physical Characteristics
- Wax Seal
- Manuscript
- content
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March, 30, 1851.
Louisville, Sunday, 25thof second Adar, 5611
Very honored Mr. Leeser:
On Friday morning I received your worthy prayer books andhasten to notify you of this, I shall try to sell as many as possible of them between now and Passover, and to collect for the “Oc-cident” during the middle days of Passover. And then send you a check for the entire sum because the few dollars that I have at present are not worth the trouble. I shall then also notify you what success there is in the matter of advertising your bible as you wished.
When you send your “Occidents” here, address the following new subscribers: M.Godshaw, M.Goldberg, H.Stern, S.Maas, Joseph Lieber. The last two I should not like to state outright as being certain subscribers. They simply want to try it for a few months., and then, if the newspaper attracts them they will continue to read it. Above all, I must confess to you, much to my regret, that I have taken a great deal of trouble to obtain new subscribers, and that the success is comparative-ly very slight. One element would gladly read it, but is unable to; an-other element is naïve enough to admit that they are not pious enough and not religious enough; one man has no time, another must pay for three local newspapers, etc. Only a small portion realizes that a worthy undertaking ought to be supported. Last year you sent me several copies of which I distributed some to publishers of local newspapers, and others to private individuals. This week I collected these loaned copies and now place them at your disposal. It will be better if, in the future, you send me only one copy, and thus spare yourself the trouble.
In my next letter I shall be in position to tell you the cost of the various advertisements in the newspapers etc.
When you write to me again please have the kind-ness to let me know more exactly what you relations are toward your former congregation. I still have not given up the hope that in spite of the intervention of other candidates, you will be re-elected. In my next letter I shall, if possible, permit myself to send something ? which may be accepted in the Occident, for I do not know but that in the course of time it may be desirable for me to become generally bet-ter known than I am at present.
My wife sends you her best greetings. Accept the assurance of my esteem, with which I have the honor to sign,
Your most devoted servant,
B.H.Gotthelf. - Identifier
- LSDCBx9FF14_12
- Date
- 1851-03-30
Part of Letter from Bernhard Henry Gotthelf to Isaac Leeser;March 30, 1851
Bernhard Henry Gotthelf, “Letter from Bernhard Henry Gotthelf to Isaac Leeser;March 30, 1851”, 1851-03-30, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/67737