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Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; Kingston, Jamaica; 1863 January 5
Description:: A letter written by Rev. Moses N. Nathan from Kingston, Jamaica to Rev. Isaac Lesser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this Civil War era letter, Nathan writes of slavery and the war.
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1863-01-05
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States; 1866 May 1
Description:: A letter written by Rev. Moses N. Nathan from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Rev. Isaac Lesser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This detailed letter, written while he was Hazan of the St. Thomas Congregation, describes the details of his services and asks how Leeser's plan for a college in Philadelphia is progressing.
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1866-05-01
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1854 November 21
Description:: Leeser, Isaac and Nathan, Moses N.. London, England, A letter from M.N. Nathan from Kingston, Jamaica to Isaac Leeser, conveying the news of the death of his sister's husband and sending his regards to Rebecca Gratz
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1854-11-21
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; Kursheedt, Gershom; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1850 October 1
Description:: Leeser, Isaac and Nathan, Moses N.. New Orleans, LA, A three page letter, written by Rabbi Moses N. Nathan and Gershom Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser. In this letter they have forwarded for K.K. Beni Israel's contract with Rabbi Nathan. Then, Rabbi Nathan expresses the "city's " indignation at the treatment of Leeser by Mikveh Israel and he gives him advice. Lastly, Kursheedt, while verifying that the contract is correct, expresses his views of Leeser's departure from Mikveh Israel
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; Kursheedt, Gershom
Date:: 1850-10-01
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; 1853 January 9
Description:: Leeser, Isaac and Nathan, Moses N.. New Orleans, LA, A four page letter written by Rev. Moses N. Nathan from New Orleans, Louisiana to Rev. Isaac Lesser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an historically important account of the difficulties mid-19th century Orthodox Rabbi's were having in the American Congregations that were in a state of flux between traditional and reform thought. He tells Lesser that he is leaving his position at "The Dispersed of Judah"
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1853-01-09
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; Kingston, Jamaica; 1863 July 5
Description:: Leeser, Isaac and Nathan, Moses N.. Kingston, Jamaica, A highly detailed twelve page letter written by Rev. Moses N. Nathan, writing from Kingston, Jamaica, to Rev. Isaac Lesser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a detailed account of the interworking of the Curaçao Synagogue in the early 1860's. He also writes as to the deliberations on a proposed job offer from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1863-07-05
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.; Kingston, Jamaica; 1863 September 4
Description:: Leeser, Isaac and Nathan, Moses N.. Kingston, Jamaica, A six page letter written by Rabbi Moses Nathan from Kingston, Jamaica to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nathan writes to Leeser on numerous subjects including the Civil War, the state of Jewry in New Orleans., his new pulpit in St. Thomas, issues with Joseph Abraham in Cincinnati and the lack of a Jewish boarding school in Britain
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1863-09-04
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56

Title:: Letter; Leeser, Isaac; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States; 1865
Description:: Leeser, Isaac and Nathan, Moses N.. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, A highly detailed six page letter written by Rev. Moses N. Nathan from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Rev. Isaac Lesser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter deals with three themes. The first is that his wife is an invalid and he is working day and night to make certain she is cared for when he is gone. The second is an important Rabbinic debate with Leeser on training for a young man before Bar Mitzvah. The last deals with the difficulties of trying to compromise with the Reform ideas on the Island
Personal Name:: Leeser, Isaac; Nathan, Moses N.
Date:: 1865
Language:: English
Rights:: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Call Number:: Arc.MS.56