Letter from St. John, O. S. to Unknown Addressee. New York, NY; Jan 1875 · Sabato Morais Digital Repository · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

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Letter from St. John, O. S. to Unknown Addressee. New York, NY; Jan 1875

Author

St. John, O. S.

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12 January 1875

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United States -- New York

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English

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Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

Sabato Morais Collection, Box 2, Folder 2

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Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.

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Office of
The Palestine Exploration Society.
115 Worth St. N. Y.
Dear Sir,
The enclosed circular contains a brief account of the work, thus far accomplished, by this Society. It has been sustained, to a large extent, by the liberal contribu-tions of a few individuals.
It is now proposed, in order to meet a pres-ent deficiency in the Treasury and to de-fray the expense of completing the map, to solicit 300 subscriptions of $10.00 each, in return for which every subscriber will receive a fair equivalent,--a copy of the last Statement, (a pamphlet of 120 pages) and vie of the large and much admired photographs If you can give us your own name and speak a good word for us to others, the aid and favor will be gratefully appreciated,
Respectfully yours
Jan. 12 1875. O. S. St John.

REV. O. S. ST. JOHN,
Secretary Palestine Exploration Society,
3 HANSON PLACE,
BROOKLYN.
NEW YORK.

PALESTINE EXPLORATION SOCIETY,
ORGANIZED IN 1870.
ITS OBJECT: a Scientific Survey of the region East of the Jordan,
formerly known as Moab, Gilead and Bashan.
PROF. R. D. HITCHCOCK, D. D., LL. D., PRESIDENT.
[Illustration]
FAMOUS SPRINGS OF MOSES (near the foot of Mount Pisgah.)
"And Moses went up to the top of Pisgah and the Lord showed him all the land."

This work was undertaken solely in the interests of Science and
Biblical Criticism. It is supported entirely by voluntary contribu-
tions, in return for which its publications are furnished gratui-
tously, and photographs at the rate of one for every $2 contributed.

For Documents or information, address
REV. O. S. St. JOHN, Financial Secretary,
Residence: 3 Hansom Place Brooklyn. 115 Worth Street, NEW YORK.
MARTIN'S STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 111 JOHN STREET, N. Y.

WORK ACCOMPLISHED.

In 1873 the first surveying party, under Lieutenant EDGAR Z. STEEVER, Jr., of the U. S. Army, and Prof. J. A. PAINE, Archaeologist, triangulated about 600 square miles, satisfactorily identified Pisgah, and made extensive collections in Natural History.

In 1875 the second party, under Col. J. C. LANE, with Messrs. RUDOLPH MEYER and J. H. TREAT, assistant engineers, Dr. SELAH MERRILL, Archaeologis, and Mons. DUMAS, of Beirut, photographer, made a reconnoissance of nearly the whole territory.

It was decided, for various reasons, to suspend the work of triangulation, but Dr. MERRILL continued his researches during 1876 and a part of 1877, collecting inscriptions, examining ruins, and identifying sites of a large number of towns and cities.

As the result of its labors, thus far, the Society is in possession of a choice collection of minerals, plants and birds, together with numerous photo-graphs, sketches, and squeezes of newly discovered inscriptions; also, a very select and valuable library of books and manuscript relating to the antiquities, geography, climate, soil and productions of this interesting region. (A squeeze is obtained by pressing sheets of dampened, soft paper upon an inscription. The paper, when dried, retains this exact copy of the lettering, from which lithographs are easily produced for the use of scholars.)

The following "Statements" have been published, furnished only to subscribers:
No. 1.
JERUSALEM—THE MOABITE STONE—THE HAURAN, 1871. pp. 38.
No. 2.
HUSN SULAYMAN—HAMATH INSCRIPTIONS—FIRST YEAR IN THE FIELD, 1873. pp. 76.
No. 3.
IDENTIFICATION OF MOUNT PISGAH—PLANTS COLLECTED IN PALESTINE, 1875. pp. 148.
No. 4.
EAST OF THE JORDAN—THE JORDAN VALLEY—THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN. pp. 120.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

There are one hundred of these large and beautiful views of ruins and scenery. They are thus described by a correspondent of the New York Evening Post.
BEIRUT, SYRIA, February 10thth, 1876.
"They are of the most striking and impressive character. Some are taken in sections, making when properly arranged, a panoramic view of miles of magnificent ruins. Others present from some well chosen point a full survey of masses of im-posing remains of temples, theatres, castles, gateways and towers, which in their magnitude and grandeur are simply wonderful.
"Among the important places photographed are Junawat, the Kenath of Numbers xxxiii, 42; Busrah, the Moabite Bozrah of Jeremiah xivii, 24, supposed to be dis-tinct from the Bozrah of Edom, mentioned elsewhere; Um-el-Gemal, identified as the Beth-gamul of Jeremiah xlvii, 23; Jerash, the Gerasa of Roman history; and Amman, the Rab-bath-Ammon of Scripture, and the Philadelphia of Greek and Roman annals.
"The artist has brought boldly and vividly before our eyes the relics of an ancient magnificence so imposing and fairly startling in its extent that we feel as if we had grasped a lost age of mysterious history, and had succeeded in robbing the past of some of its hidden treasures. It is true that many of these ruins, as they at present stand, belong to the Roman history of the Christian era; but there are unmistaka-ble indications also of a far greater antiquity in many cases. No one can confidently say that we have not here and there a giant trace of the giant hands of those early tribes of Rephaims, Zuzims, Emims and Horites, who antedate Moab, Ammon and Edom. At all events, here are centuries of history piled up in majestic splendor, and now for the first time brought thus accurately and fully before the eyes of the present generation. We look upon forests of massive columns, upon theatres that, half in ruins, will still seat 6,000 people, upon walls four miles in circumference, 15 feet in thickness and 30 feet in height, upon silent cities where a population of hun-dreds could at once take up their residence in the homes of past generations without troubling themselves to build a square foot of masonry."
J. S. D.

Five of these beautiful pictures (15 x 11 inches in size), are especially suitable to be framed and hung upon the walls of the Sunday School room-- "THE CEDARS OF LEBANON," "MOUNT HERMON," "FOUNTAIN OF THE JORDAN AT DAN," "TEMPLE AT KENATH," and "THE DEAD SEA." Cost of Set, $10.

MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
President.
PROF. ROSWELL D. HITCHCOCK, D. D., LL. D.
Vice-Presidents.
Hon. WILLIAM E. DODGE. JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON, Esq.
WILLIAM A. BOOTH, Esq. HOWARD POTTER, Esq.
Prof. W. H. THOMSON, M.D., Secr'y. C. S. SMITH, Esq., 115 Worth St., N. Y., Treas.
REV. O. S. ST. JOHN, Financial Secretary.
Rev. WM. ADAMS, D.D., LL.D., New York. A. B. JOHNSON, Esq., Hackensack, N.J.
Rev. LEONARD BACON, D.D., New Haven. Prof. A. C. KENDIRCK, D.D., Rochester.
Pres. F. A. P. BARNARD, New York. JAMES STOKES, Jr., New York.
Gen. J. G. BARNARD, New York. Rev. DANIEL MARCH, D.D., Philadelphia.
Rev. S. C. BARTLETT, D.D., Hanover, N. H. FREDERICK MARQUAND, Esq, New York.
Rev. E. R. BEADLE, D.D., Philadelpia. Rev. R. NEWTON, D.D., Philadelphia.
Rev. R. R. BOOTH, D.D., New York. Prof. E. A. PARK, D.D., Andover, Mass.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D., Boston. Rev. W. W. PATTON, D.D., Washington.
Rev. W. I. BUDINGTON, D.D., Brooklyn. Pres. N. PORTER, D.D., LL.D., New Haven.
Rev. T. W. CHAMBERS, D.D., New York. W. C. PRIME, Esq., New York.
FREDERICK E. CHURCH, Esq., New York. Rev. C. S. ROBINSON, D.D., New York.
Rev. L. COLEMAN, D.D., Easton, Penn. Rev. S. ROBINSON, D.D., Louisville, Ky.
Rev. HOWARD CROSBY, D.D., LL.D., N. Y. JOSEPH SELIGMAN, Esq., New York.
Hon. CHARLES P. DALY, New York. W. R. SINGLETON, Esq., Washington.
Prof. J. D. DANA, LL.D., New Haven. Rt. Rev. B. STEVENS, D.D., Philadelphia.
Prof. GEORGE E. DAY, D.D., New Haven. Rev. J. COTTON SMITH, D.D., New York.
A. S. HATCH, Esq., New York. Rev. R. S. STORRS, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. F. S. DEHAAS, D.D., Jerusalem. Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., New York.
Rev. D. STUART DODGE, New York. W. S. TYLER, D.D., LL.D., Amherst, Mass.
Hon. SMITH ELY, New York. JOHN T. TERRY, Esq., New York.
WILLIAM FAXON, Esq., Hartford. Judge HOOPER VAN VORST, New York.
CYRUS W. FIELD, Esq., New York. A. O. VAN LENNEP Esq., New York.
Rev. W. L. GAGE, Hartford. W. R. VERMILYE, Esq., New York.
Pres. D. C. GILMAN, Baltimore. Rev. WM. HAYES WARD, D.D., New York.
Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D.D., Chicago. Rev. E. A. WASHBURN, D.D., New York.
Hon. J. BALDWIN HAY, Washington, D.C. JAMES W. WEIR, Esq., Harrisburg, Penn.
Prof. JOSEPH HENRY, LL.D., Washington. Rev. S. WOLCOTT, D.D., Cleveland, Ohio.
Hon. JOSEPH HOLT, Washington, D. C. T. D. WOOLSEY, D.D., LL.D., New Haven.
D. WILLIS JAMES, Esq., New York.
BOSTON AUXILIARY SOCIETY.
VicePresidents.
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS. Rev. WM. F. WARREN, D.D.
Rev. J. M. MANNING, D.D. Rev. J. W. OLMSTEAD, D.D.
Finance Committee.
Hon. ALEXANDER H. RICE, Chairman.
Hon. R. H. STEARNS. Rev. JOHN E. COOKMAN.
Rev. E. E. HALE. Hon. THOMAS WESTON, Jr.
Advisory Committee.
Prof. E. A. PARK, D.D. Rev. A. P. PEABODY, D.D.
H. P. KIDDER, Esq., Treasurer 40 State Street.

"THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND" is an English Society, engaged in the survey of Western Palestine. Previous to its organization in 1865, Capts. WARREN and WILSON had commenced the work which, with occasional interrup-tions, has been vigorously prosecuted ever since by Mr. T. DRAKE, Lieut. CONDER, M. CLERMONT GANNEAU, and other gentlemen of recognized ability. The Society publishes Quarterly Statements which can be procured by addressing the Secretary, WALTER BESANT, Esq., 9 Pall Mall East, London.

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