Letter from Almosnino, Sarah to Unknown Addressee. London, England; May 1872
- Title
- Letter from Almosnino, Sarah to Unknown Addressee. London, England; May 1872
- Author
- Almosnino, Sarah
- Date Created
- 3 May 1872
- Format
- 6 pages on 3 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 1, Folder 31
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3st7fg2p/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3st7fg2p
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx1FF31_19.xml
- content
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London 3rd May 71.
11 Bevis[?] Marks
My dear Sir
It was with feelings of unfeigned regret that we learnt through the medium of our friend & relative Mrs. Henry Nathan, of the heavy ve[?], with which your home has been v[?] in the demise, of your loved and lamented wife, peace be to her soul; If warm & sincere sympathy, can bring solace to your wounded heart
be assured you have it from Mr. Almosnino, my neices and sisters who all unite with me, in offering you our heartfelt condolence on your very severe loss & fervently pray that our Heavenly Father who has, so severely tried you, may in His infinite Goodness heal the wound He has inflicted by preserving to you, your dear children, to be sources, of comfort to you. I can readily imagine the sad blank occasioned by the loss from amongst your [?] of so loved, & valued a life the honored mother of your
children, but you, my good Friend, who, in your office of Minister, have had to lead other mourners to the found from whence the only true comfort is to be discerned, know, much better, than so many others the true source. May you be enabled to draw largely from it, and be strengthened and comforted, such is our very ernest prayer. You have no doubt heard of the death of Mr. Henry Nathan whose end was very sudden—his wife & sisters are sadly afflicted, they were equally sorry to hear of your bereavement.
I am thankful to be able to give a very fair account of my dear Husband's state
at present he has caused us much anxiety during the winter, he begs me to say all that is kind to you. My neices, also request to be kindly named you will pleasure to know they are making a very good position for themselves, their brother still continues absent you no doubt see the Jewish Chronicle, & notice the improvement our schools are making under the supervision of our Revd. Haham[?], who is most ernest in his work he is highly & deservedly respected by both the congregation—you would find a genial mind in his—and have reason to be proud of your countryman since poor Belasco's death, the Gentlemen have been very fortunate, in securing the services of a Lady & Gentleman to fill
the post of Master, & Matron the boys, have therefore much improved in conduct all other congregational matters continue much the same. Mr. Almosnino still continues the energetic work as of old. We should be very happy to hear from you, when you can spare a moment as we never have loss the interest, we ever felt towards you.
With best wishes
I remain
My dear Mr Morais
Your's truly
Sarah Almosnino
Miss Belisario, has just been in, and has requested me to offer their kind compliments of condolence to you - Identifier
- p3st7fg2p
- identifier
- SMBx1FF31_19
Part of Letter from Almosnino, Sarah to Unknown Addressee. London, England; May 1872
Almosnino, Sarah, “Letter from Almosnino, Sarah to Unknown Addressee. London, England; May 1872”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/84672