Letter; Slatky, Isaac Moses; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1845
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Judaism -- Customs and practices; Law
Description:
Halachic inquiry from Isaac Moses Slatky, reader at the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, posed to R. Solomon Eger of Posen, Germany. Refers to Eger's ruling that a Kohen should not be allowed to bless the Congregation and including a description of the Baltimore Jewish community. The verso is letter by R. Samuel Fogelsdorf of Posen with scrawled signature of Yitzchak Chaim, former student of Eger; Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Slatky, Isaac Moses
Corporate Name:
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Date:
1845
Language:
English; Hebrew
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Etting, Samuel; Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; London, United Kingdom; 1858 January 29
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from H. Guedalla of London, to Rabbi Samuel Etting of the Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community in Baltimore, regarding the attempted establishment of a Sephardi Jewish Community in Baltimore; Baltimore, MD; London, UK
Personal Name:
Etting, Samuel
Corporate Name:
Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community
Date:
1858-01-29
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1830 April 6
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis
Description:
Letter from David Judah to Isaac Leeser, suggesting that Leeser, who had just taken his position at Mikveh Israel, stop publishing in what Judah calls the "Christian form."; Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David
Date:
1830-04-06
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; J. I. Cohen, Jr. & Brothers; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1827 November 19
Subject:
Tickets; Advertisements; Correspondence
Description:
Letter from J. I. Cohen, Jr. & Brothers, Contractors to E. K. Ingersol, with printed description of the Grand Literature Lottery of the State of Maryland for the Promotion of Science and Literature and printed receipt with handwritten information; Baltimore, MD
Corporate Name:
J. I. Cohen, Jr. & Brothers
Date:
1827-11-19
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1829 June 25
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Judah, David. Baltimore, MD, A letter written by David Judah from Richmond, Virginia to a young Isaac Leeser in Baltimore, Maryland. In this letter, Judah expresses his reservations and gives suggestions on the draft of Leeser's first book "Instructions in the Mosaic Religion"
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David
Date:
1829-05-25
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Bloch, A.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1835 May 22
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Bloch, A.. Baltimore, MD, Personal letter from Mrs. A. Bloch in Baltimore to Isaac Leeser, in which she expresses her regret at not hearing from Leeser
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Bloch, A.
Date:
1835-05-22
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Rehine, Zalma; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1839 August 2
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Family papers
Description:
Letter from Zalma Rehine to his nephew Isaac Leeser regarding Leeser's health, Leeser's discourses, mutual friends, including Miss Etting, and news he heard about Leeser's success as a member of the Jewish clergy; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Zalma
Date:
1839-08-02
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Levy, Jacob Franks; Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States; 1796 February 22
Description:
Levy, Jacob Franks. Baltimore, MD, A letter from Jacob Franks Levy, son of Benjamin Levy, to William Augustine Washington (1757-1810), nephew of George Washington, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In this detailed business letter, Levy discusses moneies owed to William Augustine Washington, were Levy acted as his agent. He speaks of the sale of shares and the price of crops. Additionally, he asks if Washington still has shares in the "Potomak Canal," as he has a buyer
Personal Name:
Levy, Jacob Franks
Date:
1796-02-22
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Osterman, Rosanna Dyer, 1809-1866; Dyer, Leon, 1807-1883; Leeser, Isaac; Galveston, Texas, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1848 January 14
Subject:
Families; Correspondence
Description:
Letter from R. Osterman, in Galveston, to her brother Leon Dyer, in Baltimore, regarding family, frequently mentioning their brother Osterman (probably Isadore) and Abraham, and requesting specific issues of Isaac Leeser's Occident and the Monthly Jewish Orthodoxy Magazine; Galveston, TX; Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Osterman, Rosaan Dyer, 1809-1866; Dyer, Leon, 1807-1883; Leeser, Isaac
Date:
1848-01-14
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter from Silvester [possibly Rebello] to Professor Joshua Cohen at the University of Maryland asking that two barrels of sugar be sent to a man in Washington whose wife had taken in the destitute orphan, Josephine Cohen, Silvester’s goddaughter; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Baltimore, MD
Letter and promissory note. The letter is from Emack & Winhagen, to Henry B. Curtis Esq., asking for help in collecting $139 from S. Silberman. The promissory note is from S. Silberman; Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Silberman, Solomon
Corporate Name:
Emack & Winhagen
Date:
1846-05-19
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Etting, Samuel; Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; London, United Kingdom; 1858 January 28
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from L. C. Lee of London, to Rabbi Samuel Etting of the Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community in Baltimore, regarding the attempted establishment of a Sephardi Jewish Community in Baltimore; Baltimore, MD; London, UK
Personal Name:
Etting, Samuel
Corporate Name:
Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community
Date:
1858-01-28
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Lazarus, Marx E.; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1847 December 1
Subject:
Correspondence; Schools; Religious institutions
Description:
Letter from Marx E. Lazarus to Dr. Charles Willing regarding teaching at a farm school and religion, particularly connected to the Catholic Church; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Personal Name:
Lazarus, Marx E.; Willing, Charles
Date:
1847-12-01
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Rehine, Zalma; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1836 April 7
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Family papers
Description:
Letter from Zalma Rehine to his nephew Isaac Leeser regarding Rehine's health and news he heard about Leeser's success as a member of the Jewish clergy (on verso, a list of clothing, possibly in Leeser's hand); Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Zalma
Date:
1836-04-07
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Isaac; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1837 May 1
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Rehine, Zalma. Baltimore, MD, A three page letter from Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his uncle Zalma Rehine in Baltimore, Maryland. In this detailed letter, Leeser writes to his uncle about family and friends, as well as about the effects of the financial Panic of 1837 on the economy, and Jewish businessmen in particular
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Isaac
Date:
1837-05-01
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Etting, Samuel; Ullman, Solomon; Cohn, Albert; Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Paris, France; 1858 January 25
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letters from Rabbi Solomon Ullman, Grand Rabbi of France, and Albert Cohn of Paris, written on attached pieces of paper, to Rabbi Samuel Etting of the Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community in Baltimore, regarding the attempted establishment of a Sephardi Jewish Community in Baltimore; Baltimore, MD; Paris, France
Personal Name:
Etting, Samuel; Ullman, Solomon; Cohn, Albert
Corporate Name:
Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community
Date:
1858-01-25
Language:
English; French
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Reinah, Judah; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1835 August 7
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Rehine, Zalma. Baltimore, MD, A highly personal and well written letter from Rehine in Baltimore to Isaac Leeser. In it she complains of having few customers and little money, and asks Lesser for some financial help
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Reinah, Judah
Date:
1835-08-07
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1831 May 9
Description:
A two page letter from Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia to David Judah of Baltimore, Maryland, in which he expresses his unhappiness with his Philadelphian congregants. The letter also speeks to Leeser's banking and financial issues.
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David
Date:
1831-05-09
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Baltimore Hebrew Congregation; Bettelheim, A. S.; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1887 July 5
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Letter from Dr. A. S. Bettelheim announcing the conversion of Mis. Katie [Huber] and her new Jewish name, Deborah daughter of Abraham (includes Dr. Bettelheim's stamp); Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Bettelheim, Aaron Albert Siegfried
Corporate Name:
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Date:
1887-07-05
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1848 December 25
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Rehine, Zalma. Baltimore, MD, A short note from Zalma Rehine in Baltimore, Maryland to his nephew Isaac Leeser in Phildealphia, Pennsylvania. In this note he metions a "David", who has gone to Barkley Springs for his rumatic pain. He also mentions his vacation with his wife to the springs near Warrenton, Virginia
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Isaac
Date:
1848-12-25
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Etting, Samuel; Ullman, Solomon; Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Paris, France; 1858 January 25
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from Rabbi Solomon Ullman, Grand Rabbi of France to Rabbi Samuel Etting of the Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community in Baltimore, regarding the attempted establishment of a Sephardi Jewish Community in Baltimore; Baltimore, MD; Paris, France
Personal Name:
Etting, Samuel; Ullman, Solomon
Corporate Name:
Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community
Date:
1858-01-25
Language:
English; French
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1837 December 24
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Rehine, Zalma. Philadelphia, PA, A letter from Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his uncle, Zalma Rehine, in Baltimore, Maryland. In this letter, Leeser outlines his contractual difficulties with the congregation of Mikveh Israel over a new three year contract
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Zalma
Date:
1837-12-24
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Baltimore Hebrew Congregation; Bettelheim, A. S.; San Francisco, California, United States; 1886 April 23
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from Dr. A. S. Bettelheim to Solomon Preiss, Esq., secretary to Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, accepting position of Rabbi; San Francisco, CA; Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Bettelheim, Aaron Albert Siegfried; Preiss, Solomon
Corporate Name:
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Date:
1886-04-23
Language:
English
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Isaac; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1837 July 20
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Rehine, Zalma. Baltimore, MD, A letter from Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his uncle Zalma Rehine in Baltimore, Maryland. The letter describes the flow of funds invovled in the publishing of his books, as well as provides important insights as to Leeser's concerns and difficulties with the congregation over his upcoming election in ten weeks
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Isaac
Date:
1837-07-20
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter of recommendation written by Cyrus Mantz to J. J. Cohen, Jr., Esq., regarding a Jewish merchant named Mr. Schlasinger; Baltimore, MD; Frederick, MD
Personal Name:
Mantz, Cyrus; Cohen, J. J.; Schlasinger
Date:
1850-05-27
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Etting, Samuel; Peabody, George; Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; London, United Kingdom; 1858 January 15
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from George Peabody of London, to Rabbi Samuel Etting of the Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community in Baltimore, regarding the attempted establishment of a Sephardi Jewish Community in Baltimore; Baltimore, MD; London, UK
Personal Name:
Etting, Samuel; Peabody, George
Corporate Name:
Beit Yisrael Sephardi Community
Date:
1858-01-15
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David; Richmond, Virginia, United States; 1826 January 17
Description:
A two page letter from David Judah in Richmond, Virginia to a young Isaac Leeser in Baltimore, Maryland. In this chatty letter, Judah discusses commission activity for Mrs. Jacobs, a Sunday trip on the James River, his trip to Norfolk where he had breakfast with Solomon Marks, and his stage coach ride to Philadelphia.
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David
Date:
1826-01-17
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Green, Jacob; Academy of Natural Sciences; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1837 April 4
Subject:
Correspondence; Manuscripts (documents)
Description:
Letter from Dr. Jacob Green to Dr. J. J. Cohen about returning fossils to Cohen that he examined and used for a paper delivered at Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia on 1/24/1837. He says he will send a copy of speech when delivered; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD
Personal Name:
Green, Jacob
Corporate Name:
Academy of Natural Sciences
Date:
1837-04-04
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Hays, Sarah Minis; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; undated
Subject:
Correspondence; Family papers; Manuscripts (documents)
Description:
Letter from Sarah Minis Hays and Rebecca Gratz to Richea Gratz Hays, who was visiting her sister Rachel Gratz Etting, regarding family affairs; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David; Baltimore, Maryland, United States; 1830 April 20
Description:
A letter from David Judah in Baltimore, Maryland to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in which Judah writes urgently about Zalma Rehine's poor health and suggests Isaac comes to visit his uncle.
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Judah, David
Date:
1830-04-20
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Zalma; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1837 March 27
Description:
Leeser, Isaac and Rehine, Zalma. Philadelphia, PA, A letter from Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his uncle, Zalma Rehine, in Baltimore, Maryland. In this letter, Leeser describes his concerns that the Jews are being blamed for the financial Panic of 1837. Leeser goes on to discuss failures in New Orleans, and to send thanks to Philip Cohen of Baltimore for his literary support
Personal Name:
Leeser, Isaac; Rehine, Zalma
Date:
1837-03-27
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
