Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser;August 22, 1859

Title: Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser;August 22, 1859
Author: Abraham de Sola
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Location(s): Montreal; Philadelphia
Format: Letter. 4 page(s) on 2 sheet(s).; Letter
Type: Letter
Language(s): English
Physical Characteristics: Unlined Paper; Manuscript
Is Part Of: The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries
content: Montreal 22d August 5619
Rev Isaac Leeser
Dear Sir—
I enclose you some extracts from a couple of letters received from my father some time since but which from press of engagements and absence from town I have been unable to send you until now. If you think them of sufficient interest to publish in the Occident, please do so in the form sent and no other.
I regret you should have taken no notice—not even by a line in reply—of what I wrote you respecting the Occident. Three out of the four subscribers to whom I ? them have viz, A Joseph & M Benjamin Quebec & Mrs Nooher Toronto have written me they receive them in duplicate I have therefore ceased sending them to those places. From Messrs Nordheimer I have not heard. Your subscribers in Montreal who now receive from me are—Mr S. Benjamin, J. A Joseph Miss S. Joseph etc Brabadi. J. Ments J. Praddiau &ct. D. S. = I continue to send Piddiau's but he is a member of the celebrated firm of which Dalphon is a partner and I don't think he will pay—you had better

send 7 copies here, & direct the Quebec & Toronto ones yourself. I sent out the extra nos I loaned my own copy but could not succeed in getting more subscribers thereby. The few who read have the Messenger J. Chron & Israelite, and although you thought the change into a weekly demanded—nearly all here would have preferred the monthly, because “the could be more easily bound” an excellent reason. The fact is Canada is but a poor market for Jewish publications, even although Montreal is comparatively very superior to the cities of the United States, for every family here has one paper. The English prefer the Jewish Chronicle as a newspaper, the literary value of a paper is not so much looked at. You have this consolation—your circulate more than either of the others. Isaacs without my permission used to print my name as his agent, but when it was pointed out to me I was obliged to request him to withdraw it as although I will do what I can to advance Jewish publications yet I cannot have my name published as agent. There are always those who think the line containing their name the most interesting reading matter in the paper. I handed him the name of E. Moss ? in a conversation with him I told him that “the? were my sentiments.”

Mr Joseph has handed me a list of those in arrears for the Occident, and having just returned home, I will endeavor to collect what I can. A couple of weeks since before a jaunt to the lakes I have just taken—I addressed Mrs Naaher as in Mr J's list she was down for three or four (I believe four) years. Mr J. I know was most punctual in giving her numbe to young Solomon who ? with me to mail. I enclose Mrs J's ably-received during my absence from home & please let me know what I am to do. You perceive she subscribes to the Occident Advertiser. I regularly supply your Montreal subscribers, and shall be very happy to continue to do so if you prefer sending them this way. I pay Canada postage one cent on each number.
I have nothing of interest to write you hence. I do not believe the Polish organation here will be a strong one. It will not I believe interfere much with us—for the next year not at all, as they will continue to be members of our Congregation. There is the usual Hebrew between the Germans and Poles. How do you get on—how your Hebrew. I hope prosperously, and so believing remain yours truly
Abraham de Sola

Is my fathers paper on Reggioto finished—He inquired.
Identifier: LSDCBx2FF6_26
Date: 1859-08-22

Part of Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser;August 22, 1859

Abraham de Sola, “Letter from Abraham de Sola to Isaac Leeser;August 22, 1859”, 1859-08-22, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/68706