Letter from Lefebore, Anna M. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; May 1891
- Title
- Letter from Lefebore, Anna M. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; May 1891
- Date Created
- 6 May 1891
- Format
- 4 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 6, Folder 3
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3ks6jq10/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ks6jq10
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx6FF3_15.xml
- content
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Phila. May 6th 1891.
Rev. Dr. Morais,
Dear Sir,
I have taken the liberty of writing to you con-cerning a little Hebrew boy, for whom I feel much interest.
I made his acquaintance more than a year ago while he was "peddling" matches &c. in the market, but it is only within a few months that I have learned his history & his great desire to learn to read and write. I will give you his history as I have learned it from him
as briefly as possible.
His name is Abram Cohen, and he lives at 707 St. Mary St. He is ten years old & has been "peddling" for several years. There are eight children of them; five young-er than himself; his father has been out of employment four months. His older sister earns from $1.50 to $2.00 per week on a sewing machine.
The older brother has no special employment but earns at odd jobs. He came to me (Abram I mean) to inquire if I could get him where he could learn to read and
write, as he could not be placed in school regularly because the family needed his earnings. At my sug-gestion he went one evening to the Italian Mission School 8th & Bainbridge but he says after walking all day he is so sleepy he cannot keep awake. Besides the money he gives at home, he put away very small sums at a time in the Dime Saving Fund and with this bought him-self shoes and a neat jacket which he came to show me.
I told him I would write to one of his own ministers
and see if there was not a school where his desire could be gratified. He is a sen-sible, industrious little fellow, and good at calculations mentally, and I believe will make a good business man if he has an opportunity to rise. Thinking you per-haps would know more about schools &c. and would feel as much interested as I do, I will leave this matter in your hands, believing it will not be nec-essary to apologize further for trenching upon your time. Yours Sincerely Anna M. Lefebore.
232 N. 21st St. - Identifier
- p3ks6jq10
- identifier
- SMBx6FF3_15
Part of Letter from Lefebore, Anna M. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; May 1891
Lefebore, Anna M. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Lefebore, Anna M. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; May 1891”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/87743