Letter from B. M. Emanuel to Isaac Leeser;October 21, 1851 · Isaac Leeser Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Title

Letter from B. M. Emanuel to Isaac Leeser;October 21, 1851

Author

B. M. Emanuel

Contributor

Isaac Leeser

Date Created

21 October 1851

Location(s)

Mobile

Philadelphia

Format

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

Type

Letter

Language(s)

English

Has Format

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pc2td9d/manifest.json

Link to Colenda

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pc2td9d

Physical Characteristics

Unlined Paper

Manuscript

Is Part Of

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

content

Mobile October 21 5612
Rev I Leeser Philadelphia!
Dear sir
The Rev. A. Ansel formely from Liverpool, died here on Sept 8 last. I am informed he has a brother & other relations in England living, for their information I would respectfuly request you (in as much the Occident circulates in England) to insert a Notice of his death in the next numbre of your valuable periodicle. He has been officiating as/in Hebrew “busosal” JE transliteration in Claiborne Ala for about 8 months; he came here to circumcise a child, was taken ill & after 8 days lingering he died here & was buried with all due honor in our burring ground. His Mohel instrument (all the property he left) is in my possession & are to be retained by order of the president as a memento for his child, which is now living at Buffalo N. Y. as Mr. Ansel informed me previous to his death.
I regret very much for not being able to remit you any money. I have not collecting a dollar since the last I remitit you, the scarcity of money is very great. the rivers are very low & not navigable & country peapol cannot come to our city Business of every dis? are all nearly sus?, but as soon ? I will remit at once. Respectfuly
Yours Truly
B M Emanuel

Rev. Isaac Leeser, Editor of the
Occident & american jewish advocat
|Philadelphia Pa

Identifier

LSKAP0001

Date

1851-10-21