Letter from Smith, Moses to Morais, Sabato. Brooklyn, NY; Jan 1888
- Title
- Letter from Smith, Moses to Morais, Sabato. Brooklyn, NY; Jan 1888
- Date Created
- 30 January 1888
- Format
- 1 page on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 4, Folder 8
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3wh2f09q/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3wh2f09q
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx4FF8_11.xml
- content
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MOSES SMITH,
208 WASHINGTON ST,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Jan 30--88
Rev S. Morais,
Rev & Dear Sir:
Please pardon me for sending to you, unauthorized, a copy of my book: "Plain Truths About Stock Speculation."--
Successful in business and mortgage investments in the country over 30 years. Most of my money came in at one time and it was the mistake of my life that I took it into speculation. Money gone and physically weak, I saw no opening for a living except to write a book from my experience in "the street." Publishers and middlemen want about all the profits, hence I publish and sell myself to get the benefits. A long illness interfered with selling the books and for expenses I had to draw on money laid by towards paying the debt incurred in publishing them. My family was broken up last spring wife is with a friend in the country yet, while I am here in a top floor room at $1.25. a week rent, boarding myself and working daily until 10 P. M. trying to get a little start and have a home again, even with the odds of deafness, age and poor health against me.
If you are not pleased to buy the copy I send you, I inclose 4c. in stamps for return postage on book, but if you, or some friend, are pleased to buy it, please return the 2 stamps as the books cost me 35¢ each for the 1st 1000 copies, including electrotyping.-
Very Respectfully Moses Smith
Please see Testimonials. - Identifier
- p3wh2f09q
- identifier
- SMBx4FF8_11
Part of Letter from Smith, Moses to Morais, Sabato. Brooklyn, NY; Jan 1888
Smith, Moses and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Smith, Moses to Morais, Sabato. Brooklyn, NY; Jan 1888”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/89953