[Letter, 1768, Leipzig to David Berlin]. = [מכתב, תקכ"ח, לייפציג אל דוד בערלין].

Contributor:

Berlin, David ben Loeb, -1771 (addressee)

Name:

Bonn, Mordekhai ben Jakob ha-levi

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1768

Description:

This is a letter written to David Berlin in 5528 (1767-8; Berlin assumed rabbinical duties circa January 1768) by Mordekhai ben Jakob ha-levi Bonn, a physician from of the Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbek community who was at the Leipziger Messe (Leipzig trade fair), who was contacting Berlin as he was in need of a letter of recognition from the rabbi to present to the Leipzig authorities. Bonn insists that the letter was important imminently (possibly needed by other Jewish vendors at the Leipziger Messe) and notes that he is sending all monies earned to his wife (in Altona).

Language:

Hebrew

Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 121 (May 5, 2020) lot 423 as part of the archive of David ben Loeb Berlin (-1771).; Lamm, Louis, 1871-1943, former owner.

Subject:

Jews; History; Jewish physicians; Rabbis; Indorsements; Jews -- Germany -- Leipzig -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Indorsements -- 18th century; Rabbis -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Jewish physicians -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- Correspondence; Jews -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century -- History -- Sources

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Sources; Correspondence; Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, Hebrew; Letters (correspondence); Correspondence artifacts; Personal correspondence; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper; 170 x 160 (150 x 152) mm

Geographic Subject:

Germany -- Hamburg; Germany -- Leipzig

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. document.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in seventeen lines (letter text; autograph fifteenth line, with two lines of postscript below); single line date above letter text.; Script: Written in a Ashkenazic cursive script in the hand of Mordekhai ben Jakob ha-levi Bonn.; Origin: Written in Leipzig, Germany at the Leipziger Messe (Leipzig Fair).; Mordekhai ben Jakob ha-levi Bonn (18th century) from the Bonn family of Altona and Hamburg; other family members were active in the Hebrew printing in Altona.; Hebrew.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Room, CAJS Rar Ms 559h

Collection:

David ben Loeb Berlin correspondence