Letter from L. Cohn to Isaac Leeser;April 06, 1848 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from L. Cohn to Isaac Leeser;April 06, 1848

Author

L. Cohn

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

6 April 1848

Location(s)

New Orleans

Philadelphia

Format

Letter. 2 page(s).

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p35d8nx4m/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p35d8nx4m

Physical Characteristics

Lined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

The Dropsie College Isaac Leeser Collection at the Penn Libraries

content

New Orleans, April 6th 1848
Revd Isaac Leeser
DSir!
I beg have to inform you that at the annual Meeting of the Hebrew Benevolent Associa-tion of New Orleans, held on Sunday March 26th1848, the following Officers, were elected to serve for the ensuing year.

List of members
A Emanuel. President.M Kursheedt Vice President
David Sanger. Treasurer. And Leopold Cohn Secretary

Board of Managers—S. Magner. A Harber, E. Jacobs. G G Levi and N. Worms
The anniversary Ball, given in this city on the 20th March 1848. for the benefit of the association, was very num-erously attended many distinguished citizens, and dignitaries of the state were present on the, Occasion,
It is gratifying to state, that the affair passed off to the entire satisfactione of all, and much praise is due to the committee of arrangement, for the Splendor and style in which the ball was conducted and their untiring efforts, to give general satisfaction, has been crowned with great success. the nett proceeds amounting to Seven Hundred dollars which amount greatly replenishes the exhausted state of the fund of the Society, having expended for charitable purposes Fifteen Hundred Dollars during the passed year.

caused by the raging Epidemic of last summer.
I have the honor to remain with sentiments of esteem
Your Very Obt Sevt
L. Cohn
Secretary H. B. A.

The above text refers to Occident Volume 6 No. 2 page 107. Click here to view.

Identifier

LSDCBx1FF5_12

Date

1848-04-06