Letter from Morais, Sabato to Morais, Leon. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1883
- Title
- Letter from Morais, Sabato to Morais, Leon. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1883
- Date Created
- 1 August 1883
- Format
- 2 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 5
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3qj78h73/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3qj78h73
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx3FF5_9.xml
- content
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Leon
I venture to send this letter to the Post Office, not knowing your direction. If it comes to hand, you will hear my determination. I leave you to your fate. You have chosen to grieve me deeply, and perhaps bring disgrace upon my name; I must do violence to my feelings and let you suffer among strangers. You know too well my efforts in trying to secure for you a respectable situa--tion, by which you might hereafter earn a decent livelihood. After much worriment, you obtained it, and because you could not immediately earn a few dollars, which you do not need, you abandoned a comfortable home, and cared nothing about the sorrow that your step would bring to your indulgent father and affectionate sisters. Well: follow your own option, only do not cause me to suffer the severest blow--the loss of my good name.
I have not written to the children on this unfortunate occurrence, for I don't want to mar their pleasure, and bring them home before the time, but I was compelled to tell it to Mr Levy. He had just returned from Baltimore, and he was told that you were sick. He intended coming to our house to inquire, when I called and said to him that you had gone. He never would have imagined that a boy situated as you are would commit such a sad fault, but he spoke kindly of you, and regretted that you cannot understand your own interest.
I suppose that in order to go to the New York, you pawned, possibly you sold, your watch, which was given you as a memento on a solemn occasion just a year ago. May God forgive you all the misdeeds you committed, and the trouble you have given Your father
Philadelphia August 1st 1883 - Identifier
- p3qj78h73
- identifier
- SMBx3FF5_9
Part of Letter from Morais, Sabato to Morais, Leon. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1883
Morais, Sabato and Morais, Leon, “Letter from Morais, Sabato to Morais, Leon. Philadelphia, PA; Aug 1883”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/88929