Letter from D. T. Carnahan to Isaac Leeser;October 13, 1851

Title: Letter from D. T. Carnahan to Isaac Leeser;October 13, 1851
Author: D. T. Carnahan
Contributor: Isaac Leeser
Date Created: 13 October 1851
Location(s): Pottsville; 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/p34j0b28n/manifest.json
Link to Colenda: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34j0b28n
Physical Characteristics: Lined Paper; Manuscript
Is Part Of: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection
content: Pottsville October 13th 1851.
Rev. Isaac Leeser,
Dear Sir,
Your very excellent letter in answer to my note of inquiry of last Monday, was received in the latter part of the week. And I am unable sufficiently to thank you for your kindness and promptness in furnishing me an answer. On the subject referred to, it is all that I could desire, and has satisfied my mind on a point which gave me some perplexity, and in regard to which I was unable to obtain any satisfactory information. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than a personal acquaintance with you, and the priv--iledge of hearing you converse on matters which have always been deeply interesting to me, and which are common to both systems of religion, to which we respectfully adhere.
I am thankful, also, for the information you give with reference to the works mentioned in your letter. I will be pleased to purchase them. And as I will be in the city about the first of November, I will embrace the opportunity you kindly offer, and will call on you in order to obtain them. From what you say of them, it appears that they are just the books I want. In order that you may know something about me, (not for the purpose of laying any claim to a title,) I will state that I am a minster of the Asso-ciate Reformed Presbyterian Church—the same denomina-

tion with which Rev. I. B. Dales of Philad. is connected; with whom, perhaps, you are acquainted.
The misnomer by which I addressed you in the direc-tion of my letter, you will please attribute to my ignorance of your present position. I knew that you were once the “minister of the Cherry St. Synagogue.” and had the pleasure of being present once, when you officiated: but I was not aware that your connection with that congregation had been dissolved, at least in a ministerial capacity. Such difficulties will happen to the best of men. Said I have generally discovered that congrega-tions acting in that manner, eventually find to their own chagrin, that in maltreating their minister, they have been “kicking against the pricks”—hurting themselves more than him. I will be glad to have a letter from you again, and at any time you may find it convenient to write
With great regard
Yours &c,
D. J. Caruahan
Identifier: LSKAP0148
Date: 1851-10-13

Part of Letter from D. T. Carnahan to Isaac Leeser;October 13, 1851

D. T. Carnahan, “Letter from D. T. Carnahan to Isaac Leeser;October 13, 1851”, 1851-10-13, Isaac Leeser Digital Repository, accessed September 7, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/leeser/item/69322