Letter from Aaron Wolff to Isaac Leeser;March 07, 1848
- Title
- Letter from Aaron Wolff to Isaac Leeser;March 07, 1848
- Author
- Aaron Wolff
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Format
- Letter. 3 page(s).
- Type
- Letter
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3z893675/manifest.json
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- Physical Characteristics
- Lined Paper
- Wax Seal
- Manuscript
- content
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St. Thomas 7th March 1848.
Revd Mr Leeser
My Dr Sir
I thank you exceedingly for all your letters & having no important subject to write upon have deferred until this moment
I have retained the Priasah[?] Books sent by you for Carvalhos friend at Grenada. I do not know him & the changes in the English Islands are so great that I doubt if the amount would be forthcoming besides the route of the Steamer has been changed. I hold them to your order in the mean time will endeavor to dispose of them.
My family regret the demise of Mrs Phillips enclosed a letter for Madelaine which please deliver
You will have read of the death of the late King of Denmark Christian the 8'. & the succession of his Son Frederic the 7th we had a particular service on Sunday Evening last for the [?] of his soul the Synagogue was filled by all classes & coulours, Mr Nathan was happy enough to compose a Sermon or Discourse that was highly satisfactory to all present__it has done done us good service. We are at present quiet, the Laws not yet returned from Copenhagen. I suppose that the Kings death will be a cause of detention to them
Have you seen Mr Carillons refutation to Mr Pennocks affectionate address to the Jews of Jamaica? it is a master piece. the Books are bought up as fast as they can be printed, they have been sent to Europe & thro the West Indies. his bitterest enemies, award him
applause & merit
My Son Danie & his Wife gone to the US to reside he will determine while after his arrival which city he will select for his abode , he is a religious & worthy young man & I recommend him highly to you, he is my son & will not [?] all I feel he deserves;–it will cost me great pain to put with him my consolation is that he will succeed in America, his mind being firmly bent upon living in that happy country
I am with regards from my family
Yours Sincerely
A. Wolff
Mr Isaacs writes me from New York that one of Dr. Lininthal's congregation has put him in "Hesem" is this permitted in America? to put any one in Hesem? & above all, is it permitted that a lay body should dare to excommunicate its Spiritual head? I suppose like all our benighted Rulers & Wardens or Trustees as you may call them, they have constituted themselves. Accuses [?] & Judges; & I suppose if this great Body be annalized it would be found to be composed of Old Clothes men, Ignorant & arogant_shame upon us_I trust that the Dr. will treat them with the contempt they deserve by depriving them of his [?] & abilities the cause M Isaac writes is for transferring some of their by laws; it can be nothing that Crime is attached to, or it would have been blazoned about, do write the particulars.
Revd Mr Leeser
Philadelphia - Identifier
- LSDCBx1FF5_7
- Date
- 1848-03-07
Part of Letter from Aaron Wolff to Isaac Leeser;March 07, 1848
Aaron Wolff, “Letter from Aaron Wolff to Isaac Leeser;March 07, 1848”, 1848-03-07, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/68690