Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;May 19, 1854 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;May 19, 1854

Author

Isaac Hart

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Location(s)

New Orleans

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

content

New Orleans May 19, 1854
Revd Isaac Leeser
Phila Dear Sir

Not aware of the Value of your last shipment & with out this knowledge of the actual Contents I have not insured In refering to your advice of the 10th I omited to say I beg to decline sending any Bibles to Texas as the chances are you would never hear from them again, If I could pack them with Harmans goods at any time I should feel sure of then safely but not otherwise. I wait Mr Osterman's adviseing me He will receive the 2 Bibles are I send them & hope you have written to Him, If opportunity offers will send Dr Mayer Book to Charleston I doubt if I receive one Cent from the Congregation until after the arrival of those other Books, I fear I shall be compel'd 'ere another Year to again take the responsible office of Parnass or I fear the worst result to our Institution & the standing of its Credit I would prefer to never again resume office but a national feeling will urge me on Its hard after so many Years of hard Labour to make our People & their

Institutions respected that others shall gain the ascendancy & be unable to keep up its respectability. I hope ere long to give you a better account of your subscribers here but they are hard to get money from G. G. Levi I wrote a note to but He never called or ? me. He is going to reside in Chicago Ill. I told you a secret when the Body of Mr Touro would leave here & 2 Days after rec'd your May Number & perceived It was public what was told me as a profound Secret.
Credit J P Hayes 3..00 Red J R Gutheim 3..00 L Goldsmith 3..00
neither of these Have I recd the money from but will do so next week & I would like them to be Credited in the June Number Mr Goldsmith will at same time take his Bible, J. C. Labatt dont come near me I shall again call on him
May God Bless you & grant you many Years of Happiness is the constant wish of your friend
Isaac Hart
I enclose Duplicate of Yesterday

Identifier

LSKAP20-751

Date

1854-05-19