Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Jul 1886
- Title
- Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Jul 1886
- Date Created
- 13 July 1886
- Format
- 4 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 4, Folder 2
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3xw48g0f/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3xw48g0f
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx4FF2_20.xml
- content
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East Cliff Lodge,
Ramsgate.
13 July 1886,
Dear and respected Sir,
I have just received your esteemed Letter of the 29th Ulto. and find myself most reluctantly obliged to say I am unable to comply with the request therein contained, I receive daily numerous applications from at home and abroad for pecuniary assistance and from their large number can attend to only a portion of them. I suppose
it is not generally [?] in mind that I succeeded to only one fourth part of my late Uncle's Fortune and which carried with it pecuniary and other duties responsibilities which I readily accepted and which I intend to endeavour to carry out, A small or inconsiderable subscription from me would be inappropriate and of little use.
For the very object you have in view for the United States Sir Moses has devoted for this country, jointly with a Synagogue--a sum of £1000000
I am glad to know that you have in your country a large number of well disposed and wealthy Jews, hence there should be no difficulty in raising Funds for such an excellent Institution as you desire to establish, and you will perhaps allow me to say that we do not receive or expect American support for our English Institutions-- I hold you personally in so much esteem I am
really very sorry not to comply with your request but I have found it due to you to trouble you with the foregoing explanation.
I remain,
Yours faithfully
Joseph Sebag Montefiore
To
The Revd. Dr. S. Morais &c &c - Identifier
- p3xw48g0f
- identifier
- SMBx4FF2_20
Part of Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Jul 1886
Montefiore, Joseph Sebag and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Jul 1886”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88509