Letter from Hyams, H. J. to Morais, Sabato. Dayton, OH; Oct 1893
- Title
- Letter from Hyams, H. J. to Morais, Sabato. Dayton, OH; Oct 1893
- Date Created
- 5 October 1893
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 7, Folder 3
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p31834n2b/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31834n2b
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx7FF3_26.xml
- content
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63 Grand Ave Dayton view
Dayton Ohio Oct 5th 1893
Rev Dr S. Morais
546 N 6th St Philadelphia
Dear Rev Dr
I take the liberty to enclose a description of a Shekel David of which I am in possession since 51 which has been remold from the genuine one, and cast in metal in Jerusalem. It was given to me by Mr Solomon who came with Sir Moses Montefiore on his return from Jerusalem for the purpose to learn the trade of engraving, and who has been frequently in my house, and before he left for Jerusalem he married a Daughter of the Minister of the Portuguess congregation, and he gave me that Shekel in remembrance, but I never had occasion to study the reading of it until being in Denver in 91 my attention was in a library to a number of ancient coins, and showing the librarian the Shekel he asked to put one in the library and to give an interpretation, but finding that I could not understen the world which follows after the word David, as it is not in Bible nor in any other books I have, I only find a description of the Shekel Israel, at the reign of Simon, In Graetz History the first vol page 528 which it differs, so I have only explained according to my ability all the other words of which I enclose a copy. And now I am living here and the Dayton library has open an extensive museum with many coins, I would place a casting of the same Shekel in the
library, if I could ascertain the meaning of that word, I therefore ask your favor to ascertain through your high knowledge of literature the meaning of the word, and if you find that this coin resemble (according your investigation) the original I would send you one gratefully, when I have to make a casting for the library. Yours very truly H. J. Hyams - Identifier
- p31834n2b
- identifier
- SMBx7FF3_26
Part of Letter from Hyams, H. J. to Morais, Sabato. Dayton, OH; Oct 1893
Hyams, H. J. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Hyams, H. J. to Morais, Sabato. Dayton, OH; Oct 1893”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/87012