Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Nov 1882
- Title
- Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Nov 1882
- Date Created
- 5 November 1882
- Format
- 3 pages on 3 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 3, Folder 3
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p32805j51/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p32805j51
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx3FF3_31.xml
- content
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JACOB VOORSANGER,
Box 319.
Houston, Texas, Nov. 5 1882
Rev. S. Morais
My dear Sir
I feel very grateful for your kind lines of the 23d of last month I would have answered before; my little daugter Alice, my first-born, has been seriously ill with malarial fever and I had to give her all the time I could spare from my literary & ministerial labors. I feel much better now than I did when I wrote my last; things do not look so gloomy, perhaps, because since then Mr Ch[?] made a very handsome [Hebrew]. Have you read the tribute I paid his father, the late Haham? He was a good man, a trifle weak and given to temporizing with but he has succeeded in learning the reputation of a pious, consistent man. I liked the old gentleman, for he was very kind to the [Hebrew] in Amsterdam and never stopped to think whether they were Sephardim or Judiscas as we are called by the descendants of the exiles. This generous consideration was considered a [Hebrew] in the old man, and in consequence I felt, when
JACOB VOORSANGER,
Box 319.
Houston, Texas,____188
he died, I had a duty to perform [Hebrew] of course I never thought of the son when I wrote of the father [Hebrew], but Mr C. will have it, that I wrote the article "knowing that it must touch the tender cord of his filial affection" and for peace' sake I am quite satisfied to let him have his own stubborn way about it. Your kind advice, I assure you, has received due attention and deliberation, and I would esteem it an honor if you would occasionally repeat it, I fear, that my old infirmity of temper has not yet forsaken me, and though I am indeed trying very hard to be kind and gentle, yet at times the hot blood drowns all my honest intentions. Well, I am only thirsty or will be next Sunday, and whilst I am praying, that the next decade may be the witness to my incessant labors for the house of Israel, I hope that with the hair, that I am losing very fast, I may also lose my infirmities
JACOB VOORSANGER,
Box 319.
Houston, Texas,____188
of temper, which have made me formerly more enemies than I care to have.
Regarding the [Hebrew], I have not received the vols. mentioned. I am quite content to send you the amount in advance, and will do so in a week or two. Just now I have not got it to spare. I will send you a p. o. order for $3.50 which I suppose will cover the amount. If my coll,eagues have not yet reported please advise me. With many regards & best wishes
faithfully yours
Jacob Voorsanger
B. I have taken charge of the Sabbath Visitor. Do you get it? I should esteem it a favor, if you could find time to write a little something for the children.
JV - Identifier
- p32805j51
- identifier
- SMBx3FF3_31
Part of Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Nov 1882
Voorsanger, Jacob and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Nov 1882”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90735