Letter from Lindo to Isaac Leeser · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Lindo to Isaac Leeser

Author

Lindo

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Location(s)

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 6 page(s) on 3 sheet(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32r3pp4h/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32r3pp4h

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124516100

content

My Dear Sir
Your monthly packages come regularly to hand per Express. You send more numbers than I have obtained subscribers for—in future you had better send less. I would name Desola—Allen—Dr David—J Levy— Mr Joseph—Bresler—Silverman G Benjamin—S Benjamin—Wm Benjamin— L Solomon—A S Hart—? Benjamin & Kahn 14 subscribers. Many of these expected that when you failed in publishing the Advocate you would have made the Occident more of a newspaper & a channel for the communication of Jewish intelligence. Of course I know little of your subscribers elsewhere, but I believe ours here to have the usual coverage of intelligence & education and yet the

articles on Christian Dogmas congregational disputes, sermons &c they consider of very trivial importance as compared with reports of Education Societies and the establishment of new congregations & Institutions of occasion kinds—you will please observe these to be the views of our people generally composed of Germans with an imperfect knowledge of English.
You will have heard of D Raphals visit. His course of Lectures was more numerously attended than any before delivered in Montreal excited more admiration & were more respectfully patronized
The summer season is not the most favourable & the room could not contain all who came yet they must have netted him $300

He was advertised to preach in the synagogue on two occasions—the first I did not attend but at the second I found myself required to surrender my seat to Ladies & many of the children were standing in order to make room for the crowd of women thus invited—and even the readers desk was occupied by a Christian. Having always been in favor of the ? separation of families I was rather pleased to find our trustees thus sanction the introduction of females to the floor of the Building Dr Raphael was visited by many of the clergy who all expressed themselves equally well pleased ? his sermons his lectures & himself.
The usual address was

presented to him at the termination of his course. He subsequently gave a lecture for the benefit of a christian & a Jewish society. It happened rather oddly that the Jewish Society had ceased to exist however the proceeds will answer some good purpose. I have since heard that Lewas? presented ? a piece of plate by Mr Heys
Whether ? himself or by whom, or by what society contributed I have been unable to learn and as the donors have studiously avoided publicity I presume there will be no mention made of it. The address presented to him was by the Trustees & not by the congregation who were never consulted in the matter—nor was the reply

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for any sin on my part, that her merits, and her ? love for me may plead at the gates of mercy and procure that pardon I daily so ardently solicit, yes in the integrity of my heart I pray that this bereavement ? bear atonement for my sins. Of her happiness (so far as human eye can see, or human ken can fathom?) there is no doubt I only trust that I may be at the end of life be as worthy a place among the blessed and meet her in that state of bliss.
Grandfather? desires his regards to you he feels rather anoyed at your silence, and says that he thinks you might at least have written him some particulars of your affairs knowing how much a fathers part he had taken always and still would exercise for you were he in a position to do so. Pray write him as soon as you can. At last you have seen my Uncle Moses; let me know what you think of him, you must by this time have discovered whether his letters bespeak him what you find him. My love to all friends, tell Mrs C I long to see her and all my Philadelphia friends

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but I cannot leave David who is doing all he can to make comfortable. I have long since given up the school by his wish, finding himself in a situation to ? make me independent of public patronage and thank Heaven my honored and revered mother lived to see it, but ? a few short months before her flight to a better world. My mind so often strays to the spot where her mortal remains are conferred, and oftener in regions above, where I could almost ? my way in happy communion with her true spirit, but I fear to endulge in these day dreams lest my mind be carried way by derangement I often think of how Sally Sola was and ? the dwelling on this ? theme. So farewell my friend, may you live to rejoice over all trials and disappoint all those who have so long made it their study to thwart you. We I hope shall yet meet in this life if not, may a better one await us. But that we may both live to shake a friendly hand again is the wish of your respectful friend
Lindo

Identifier

LSDCBx3FF14_59