Letter from Adolff Wolff to Isaac Leeser;June 04, 1853 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Adolff Wolff to Isaac Leeser;June 04, 1853

Author

Adolff Wolff

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Location(s)

Saint Thomas

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 4 page(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Physical Characteristics

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

content

St Thomas June 4 1853
Reverend Mr Leeser
Phia
Dear Sir
I have received all your letters & would have long since replied but for the large amount of anxiety & unhappiness produced by the crisis & its effects which has been so destructive over the world, besides I have been very dissatisfied with the manner you have lately conducted the Occident, you have permitted & published the most scurilous

articles to be inserted that was positively a disgrace to any respectable party, witness the article on Mr Wise of Cincinati, I declare I was shocked at reading it & then it appears that each of our ministers in Ama. Mention his best endeavors to bring his fellow into contempt & de?, why is this, when will our pretended wise men see that in endeavoring to humble their fellow, they are using every effort to disgust their laymen. I confess that I would rather be without any ministry than be

disgraced by such a one as your pages exhibit—? Mr Leeser put a stop to the scandal you publish to the world.
I enclose the Bank of St Thomas Bill No 9717 on J C Whitmore New York for $23.53; for the following; received from this congregation for advertisements omitted last remittance $6— one year subscription to Occident for 1857 for 9? subscribers 9— one year for two for 1858 6.— received from Piza for your a/c 3 Bill $23.53 $24— premium .47 $24—

which balances our account.
My wife joins with kind regardes & to Mr. & Mrs Florence whom we hope are in the enjoyment of health
Yours truly
A. Wolff
You will remark that their is one Subscriber less than last year, a party who left the Island.
In referring to my memo of after the Bill was drawn I find I creditted you with $—40/100 less on the sum recd from the Synagogue authorities, which will be remembered the next remittance

Identifier

LSDCBx1FF10_39

Date

1853-06-04