Letter from Almosnino, S. to Morais, Sabato. London, England; Feb 1852
- Title
- Letter from Almosnino, S. to Morais, Sabato. London, England; Feb 1852
- Date Created
- 2 February 1852
- Format
- 4 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 1, Folder 9
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3q23rj8g/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3q23rj8g
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx1FF9_6.xml
- content
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Revd. S. Morais
Minister of the Synagogue
Philadelphia
London 2 feb. 1852
My dear sir/
I owe you many apologies for not acknowledging earlier your favor of the 30th Nov. but I am sure you will acquit me from blame, were you to know how much my time & mind has been occupied particularly with family matters, from the unfortunate state of my Brothers health. Who now for nearly 12 months has been a severe sufferer & totally incapable to attend to any business a source of deep anxiety & concern to his family
Mrs. Almosnino & myself are rejoiced to learn the improved state of your health and that you were more reconciled to the place & gaining friends we continually inquire concerning you of our mutual friend Mr Peixotto we have not yet seen the discourses you allude to but expect to have the Occident shortly & have no doubt we shall derive satisfaction from their perusal. I cannot report
any improvement in our Medrash but you will be glad to learn that there has been lately a move here in the right direction, a response to an appeal of Dr. Adlers to establish a Jews College as I presume you see the Jewish Chronicle at Philadelphia I need only refer you to that publication for all particulars our friend Mr Pieixotto is one of the council & takes a warm interest in its success—and I am happy to inform you that at a meeting of our elders held yesterday a committee was appointed to confer with the council so as to participate in the proposed Institution and a sum of £500 was voted as a grant towards the foundation the arrangements are to secure to us a Hebrew Master in the college & the school which shall preserve our pronunciation. I wish
you were here now. I do not anticipate that the undertaking can be carried out for at least a twelve months for it is not intended to take effect until sufficient funded capital is secured. we are the only congregation which as yet has voted a sum from the congregational fund. Affairs in one congregation remain in status quo. You have no doubt been made acquainted that our mutual friend Mr Peixotto was elected at Rosh Ashana. I need not say that he is a great acquisition & that I am delighted at having so able a coadjutor in Synagoges matters. I must not omit to mention to you that the Misses Belisario make frequent inquiries after you & that you have their best wishes for your well being and you will be pleased to hear that my eldest niece is finishing her education in their establishment, and that she
takes an active part in imparting instruction in Italian to some of the young Ladies there much to the satisfaction of the misses B. & all give you due credit for the method in which she has been taught. She joins with her sister & Brother in reiterating your kind wishes & remembrances. Mr. E. H Lindo & family & my own circle also desire to be kindly remembered & assuring you that I shall always feel pleasure in hearing from you, believe me to remain
My dear sir
your [?] friends
S. Almosnino - Identifier
- p3q23rj8g
- identifier
- SMBx1FF9_6
Part of Letter from Almosnino, S. to Morais, Sabato. London, England; Feb 1852
Almosnino, S. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Almosnino, S. to Morais, Sabato. London, England; Feb 1852”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/84665