Letter from Souza, H. S. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Mar 1859
- Title
- Letter from Souza, H. S. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Mar 1859
- Date Created
- 11 March 1859
- Format
- 4 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 1, Folder 16
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pg1j75k/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pg1j75k
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx1FF16_3.xml
- content
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Philadelphia
March 11. 1859
My Dear Sir
I beg to inclose you $10. I have been delaying to make it more, but I really cannot manage it. Will you be pleased to accept the same for the present. God willing, I hope soon to reward you in some way or the other for your late kindness towards me and mine. I owe you much, and I don't think you can ever be paid in full. I have a great deal to thank you for, my happiness for the future is now complete in a religious point of view, and I hope long life & happiness will attend us all and may my good and af-fectionate family be spared for many years to enjoy their new belief. I have now accomplished what I have for many years been too anxious for & I do feel happy.
I am indeed overwhelmed in love and gratitude to you my very kind & Respected Sir and may God spare you and yours for years to come in health and happiness. I dont express myself in these terms to you, merely as a compli-ment, but my God in Heaven knows that I feel the contrary. I feel too happy when I now look around my doting wife & children, & to know that they are the "unbelieving Jews"! I do feel proud of them, especially when I conscientiously know that they are have really & honestly embraced my religion, not merely as a matter of form, or to carry out any particular end, but from a thorough, honest faithful & conscientious belief of the one true God!
I hope Mrs Morais & the "Baby" are well, as also your dear self, please accept our united and affectionate regards.
I shall do myself the pleasure of soon calling on you. I really would have done so
before, but I am so tied down to the desk that I really have not time to spare in the Evening when I go home I am more fit for bed than for any other purpose on Sundays someone or the other keeps me at home!
Believe me
My [?]ery dear Sir
Yours very faithfully
H. S. Souza
I hope you are not angry, at my delaying so long in addressing you.
Dear Sir
I have just received your note with the enclosed $10, for which please accept my thanks. I trust that the expressions of grati--tude you offer to the God of Israel, are sincere, but it would much gratify myself, who am his humble servant, & the whole Congregation of which you are a member, to perceive that practically as well as theoretically your wife and children revere the religion they have embraced. I flatter myself that the instruction obtained received at my hands has impressed upon their minds the necessity of conforming their habits to those followed by our nation; and consequently I take the liberty to suggest the propriety of extending public worship as frequently as convenient. Pray, let not their conduct give rise to merited censure, which would likewise reflect upon me; but let your family rightly[?] fulfil the promises they have repeatedly and solemnly made, and I will deem that the best token of the regard you seem to experiences for
yours truly
S. Morais - Identifier
- p3pg1j75k
- identifier
- SMBx1FF16_3
Part of Letter from Souza, H. S. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Mar 1859
Souza, H. S. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Souza, H. S. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Mar 1859”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90192