Letter from Henry S. Jacobs to Isaac Leeser;April 21, 1866
- Title
- Letter from Henry S. Jacobs to Isaac Leeser;April 21, 1866
- Author
- Henry S. Jacobs
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Date Created
- 21 April 1866
- Format
- Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).
- Letter
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pn8xx8x/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pn8xx8x
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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Augusta Ga. 21st Apr. 5626
Rev I Leeser
Philadelphia.
Dear Sir,
Since my last, the “Occident,” from the commencement of the present volume, has reached me by mail. In the June No. I notice some very kind remarks about me, which claim my earnest thanks.
I have obtained two more subscribers from Mrs Mordercai Hyams & Mr Morris Cohen, to whom please forward the Nos. from No. 1 of the current year. I shall continue my endeavors to promote the circulation of the Occident in this city, the but I apprehend I have pretty much touched the limits. Possibly I may yet be able to influence one or two more.
I am laboring diligently in the little field in which I now find myself, where I must confess I do not find Religion or Knowing as I could desire. Mam-mon has stronger claims, & greater influence than Adonay. “'Tis true 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 'tis true.”Again, I perceive a tendency among several to go astray after the strange god, which you have characteristically termed “the modern hybrid,”
but as long as I remain here, I am determined it shall make no headway, by following the simple rule. Withstand at the beginning. This for your uneducated eye. Our friend of the Messenger went a step too far in publishing a private letter to him, which annoyed me a little, tho the matter was hardly worth notice. At the breaking out of the War, he became so political and violent in his crusade against the South that I abandoned the agency of the paper and even my continuance as a subscriber in a letter which was rather caustic. With the return of peace, I wished to remit him the subscription which I owed, and at same time to introduce a gentleman from Augusta who wished required some Tallethoth, and whilst doing so, in the fulness of my heart, and in deference to his years and long services I held out freely the olive branch. He ought to have drawn the deliberate line of demarcation between this, and the topics I added on general Jewish making here. However Hebrew It is hardly worth notice indeed.
With kind regards, participated in by Mrs Jacobs, believe me
yours faithfully
Henry S. Jacobs - Identifier
- LSDCBx3FF1_27
- Date
- 1866-04-21
Part of Letter from Henry S. Jacobs to Isaac Leeser;April 21, 1866
Henry S. Jacobs, “Letter from Henry S. Jacobs to Isaac Leeser;April 21, 1866”, 1866-04-21, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/68586