Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Oct 1885
- Title
- Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Oct 1885
- Date Created
- 28 October 1885
- Format
- 5 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 12
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3t43jn60/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3t43jn60
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx3FF12_45.xml
- content
-
East Cliff Lodge\
Ramsgate 28 Octr 1885
My dear & respected Sir,
I have received a very considerable number of Letters since the death of my lamented Uncle, Sir Moses Montefiore-- I sincerely assure you that none has been more acceptable and gratifying to me than the Letter you kindly addressed me on the 12th Inst. I am well aware that I am quite
undeserving of the laudatory Terms in which you thereinspeak of me—Still it has been very agreeable to me to read your note and to be the recipient of the good wishes of so pious and esteemed a person as yourself-- In your long career in America you have indeed evinced a Course of conduct alike honorable to yourself and Advantageous to those who had the good fortune of being under your Ministration--And I have frequently felt regret that the path of your Labors had not continued in this
Country where, after too short a sojourn, you had secured the esteem and friendship of those with whom you had associated. I am very sensible of the honorable Inheritance to which I have succeeded but I also know my weakness and feel much apprehension that I must necessarily create much disappointment. Indeed it would be a difficult task for anyone worthily to succeed the great and good Departed-- I look however with Confidence (as he uniformly did) to that great Power-who, as declared by Isaiah "giveth "strength to the weak."
[Hebrew]
As you are doubtless aware Sir Moses left a considerable part of his Fortune in Legacies to Friends and a still larger Amount for Charitable purposes hence these can be carried out by the Authorities, who are the Trustees for his benevolent Bequests.
With much regard
I remain
Yours very truly
Joseph Sebag Montefiore
My Son desires
His very kind
regards
To
The Revd S. Morais
To
The Revd S. Morais
546 N 5th St
Philadelphia
U. S. America - Identifier
- p3t43jn60
- identifier
- SMBx3FF12_45
Part of Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Oct 1885
Montefiore, Joseph Sebag and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Montefiore, Joseph Sebag to Morais, Sabato. Ramsgate, England; Oct 1885”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88510