Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Sep 1882
- Title
- Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Sep 1882
- Date Created
- 12 September 1882
- Format
- 2 pages on 1 sheet
- 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/p3vt1h882/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3vt1h882
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx3FF3_23.xml
- content
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JACOB VOORSANGER,
EDITOR JEWISH SOUTH,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Sept. 12 82
Rev. S. Morais
My dear Sir
I would have liked to send you any New Year's congratulations in time but I have been compelled to divide my time during the last two weeks between the city & the country in consequence of which my correspondence and a portion of my holiday work is delayed. Permit me to wish you with all my heart [Hebrew] and that the New Year may bring you and your dear ones all manner of happiness.
I was glad to offer render you the slight service for which you have thanked me, but which I do not deserve, for I esteem it a great honor to oblige you, and, indeed a great deal would I do so as to convince you of my unwavering esteem and affection. That literary ruffian, Stern, has no respect for anything under the sun, and Mr. Jones' rebuke to him was fully deserved. I await the time when as the editor of my own journal I can call him to account for the ill manner in which he has
requited my protecting him in Chicago against Bron,ne and his complot[?]. I am somewhat in the position of the man, who heard the Rabbi preach that during Elul and Tishri he should not quarrel with anybody, and who, when having an encounter with an old enemy, pleaded: "let me alone now, after I am kippur I'll fix you!"
Believe me not impious, but after Yomtob I hope to "fix" Dr. Stern in his proper position.
I have received four subscribers for the 5[Hebrew] viz. Rev. A. Blum of Galveston, Rev. N. Schuhl of Dallas, Rev. I. Levinthal of San Antonio and myself. Please advise me, whether I shall ask them for the money or whether you will address them yourself, which I would prefer. Trusting to hear from you again and with regards & best wishes
I remain
truly yours
Jacob Voorsanger - Identifier
- p3vt1h882
- identifier
- SMBx3FF3_23
Part of Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Sep 1882
Voorsanger, Jacob and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Voorsanger, Jacob to Morais, Sabato. Houston, TX; Sep 1882”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90738