Leeser, Isaac (letter to him from Jacob A. Franklin)
Dated 1 March 5608 [=1848]. 5608 is the Jewish calender year. This is peculiar dating, Gregorian calendar date for the day and month and Jewish calendar date for the year. Jacob A. Franklin, was the founder of the Voice of Jacob publication in London in 1841. The letter refers to the delivery of The Occident, which Leeser edited and published, the shipment of 6 copies of Leeser's The Jews and the Mosaic Law work, and other, including financial, matters. " . . .our friend Mr. Sollis is in . . . London . . . I . . . regret . . the irregularity in the receipt of the Occident . . . The blame is . . . the people who undertake to transmit it . . . I . . .place your order [] Mrs. Joel for £7.4.3 in the hands of Mr. Jessel, the proprietor of The Voice of Jacob during 5706, but it has not yet been paid in consequence of Mrs. J's not being in funds on your account. Nor has your correspondent "O" yet received anything for a similar reason . . . Mrs. Joel . . .transmission of 6 copies of the Jews and the Mosaic Law for my friends the Misses Belisano" . . . Isaac Leeser was a Jewish lay minister of religion, author, translator, editor, and publisher; pioneer of the Jewish pulpit in the United States, and founder of the Jewish press of America. His was the first Jewish translation of the Bible into English, as well as prayer books, and was one of the most important Jewish personalities of 19th century America.
Publication year: 1848
Vendor: Meir Turner
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Dated 1 March 5608 [=1848]. 5608 is the Jewish calender year. This is peculiar dating, Gregorian calendar date for the day and month and Jewish calendar date for the year. Jacob A. Franklin, was the founder of the Voice of Jacob publication in London in 1841. The letter refers to the delivery of The Occident, which Leeser edited and published, the shipment of 6 copies of Leeser's The Jews and the Mosaic Law work, and other, including financial, matters. " . . .our friend Mr. Sollis is in . . . London . . . I . . . regret . . the irregularity in the receipt of the Occident . . . The blame is . . . the people who undertake to transmit it . . . I . . .place your order [] Mrs. Joel for £7.4.3 in the hands of Mr. Jessel, the proprietor of The Voice of Jacob during 5706, but it has not yet been paid in consequence of Mrs. J's not being in funds on your account. Nor has your correspondent "O" yet received anything for a similar reason . . . Mrs. Joel . . .transmission of 6 copies of the Jews and the Mosaic Law for my friends the Misses Belisano" . . . Isaac Leeser was a Jewish lay minister of religion, author, translator, editor, and publisher; pioneer of the Jewish pulpit in the United States, and founder of the Jewish press of America. His was the first Jewish translation of the Bible into English, as well as prayer books, and was one of the most important Jewish personalities of 19th century America.
Publication year: 1848
Vendor: Meir Turner
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