Letter from Nieto, A. H. & Morais, Sabato to Nieto, A. H.; Morais, Sabato. Kingston, Jamaica; Jun 1873
- Title
- Letter from Nieto, A. H. & Morais, Sabato to Nieto, A. H.; Morais, Sabato. Kingston, Jamaica; Jun 1873
- Date Created
- 17 June 1873
- Format
- 4 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 1, Folder 32
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3gh9bv5p/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3gh9bv5p
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx1FF32_8.xml
- content
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[Hebrew]
Kingston Jamaica
17 June 1873.
Revd Ribbi
With extreme sorrow and heartfelt grief, did I receive the news of your bereavement. May the Great Creator Console you by making your children a comfort to you in your declining years
[Hebrew]
Many thanks for your kind information respecting the [Hebrew].
With regard to the [Hebrew] what I particu-larly desired to know was whether he could be married at all.
Because among those who are under
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the penalty of [Hebrew]. I find the [Hebrew] named The facts are simply these. Some years ago a man of by name Shalom, Committed himself with a married woman in consequence she was divorced from her husband. Shalom then married her in the church, and they lived as man and wife till she died, which was about 3 years back. After which Shalom took his niece to live with him in a state of concubinage; after she became a mother, he applied to the synagogue to marry him. I objected on the grounds, as I still think, that a [Hebrew] cannot be received in the congregation. (my protest still exists.) However, since Dr Artom gave an equivocal decision the vestry took upon themselves to marry him, on the plea, that if there was any wrong, it was on the side of Dr Artom who had first decided that he could never be married as he had committed a crime both against God and man and because the man committed himself with his niece, and a child was born, he said, you may marry him. "So that in order to cover one crime, a man has only to commit another the only deduction to be drawn from such a decision.
The reason for my laying this before you, is, that I fear I have done wrong by marrying him and which fear continually haunts me.
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My wife and children are thanks to providence well. Also my brother and his wife.
The Da Costa brothers beg to be remembered to you, and to wish you comfort.
I have nothing of any consequence to write to you this packet, only I long once more to salute you personally, for which I shall embrace the first fair opportunity. Trusting to hear that you are consoling yourself.
I remain
Yours dutifully
A H Nieto
[Hebrew]
Dear Nieto
Philadelphia June 29th 1873
Yesterday [Hebrew] your kind came to hand your kind favor with [Hebrew] for which receive my sincere thanks.
I am at a loss to understand what is the difficulty about the [Hebrew], and why Dr Artom hesitated at all in deciding at once that he ought to have been married to his niece.
I am ready to plead ignorance, if I am ever, and I always wish to stand corrected, but really think that [Hebrew] rather than a [Hebrew] would be a [Hebrew], enabling a great [Hebrew] to enter [Hebrew] and removing a [Hebrew], and [?]ing away the [?] attached to her offspring.
According to my humble opinion I say [Hebrew] [Hebrew]
I am pleased to hear that your family are well, Remember me kindly to all, and the Da Costa brothers and believe me
Yours &c
S Morais - Identifier
- p3gh9bv5p
- identifier
- SMBx1FF32_8
Nieto, A. H. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Nieto, A. H. & Morais, Sabato to Nieto, A. H.; Morais, Sabato. Kingston, Jamaica; Jun 1873”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/89286