Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;May 19, 1854
- Title
- Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;May 19, 1854
- Author
- Isaac Hart
- Contributor
- Isaac Leeser
- Format
- Letter. 2 page(s) on 1 sheet(s).
- Type
- Letter
- Language(s)
- English
- Physical Characteristics
- Unlined Paper
- Manuscript
- content
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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
Part of Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;May 19, 1854
Isaac Hart, “Letter from Isaac Hart to Isaac Leeser;May 19, 1854”, 1854-05-19, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/69034