Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;September 15, 1858 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;September 15, 1858

Author

Isaac Hart

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

15 September 1858

Location(s)

New Orleans

Philadelphia

Format

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

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pz5267n/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pz5267n

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Jesselson Family Collection of Isaac Leeser Material

content

New Orleans Sept 15th 1858
Rev. Isaac Leeser
Dear Sir
From every part of the U States Donations are daily recd by our Various Benevolent Institutions to assist their releiving the sick & Indigent while religious Institutions are also in receipt of Various Sums to defray the Expense of Burying the Dead These Donations come from Christians to Christians one House (Jewellers) or our City I forget the name (a Handsome white marble Front Store on Chestnut St) sent our Howard Association $500.00 I need not tell you How exhausted any Treasury becomes when the drain is constant for doctors nurses medicines &c. Our President of the Gent Hebr. Ben Association L B Cain Esq has worked hard & Business Health &c is neglected by him in his constant Labour of seeing to the sick. Our congregation Rampart Sr. has allready Buried about 50 all Charity & of course

a very Heavy outlay for their exhausted Treasury, our “Home” must take in a large number of orphans left Destitute Oh its a sad scene to witness & I will not call up the better feelings of your nature by recounting all the misery we witness here our Jewish people of both sexes work hard & faithful & are many of them completely worn out! The Fever still continues its fatal work carrying off whole & frequently portions of a family.
Its to be hoped our Bretheren of your own admission Cities will not wait a similar call to one we made (& I am happy to acknowledge not in vain) once before but some Influential good Philantrophists will be found to go to work & send some relief ere its too late Excuse this hasty scrawl yours
ever Truly
Isaac Hart
Mr DeSilva paid me $25.00 for the Hebrew Prayer Books (11)

Identifier

LSTCAT_item59

Date

1858-09-15