Letter from Esther Levy to Isaac Leeser Requesting a Prayer Book


A one-page letter dated February 24, 1863, from Esther Levy, Matron of the Jewish Foster Home in Philadelphia, to Isaac Leeser. Levy requests the loan of a prayer book for the High Holidays. The letter's return address is the Jewish Foster Home Society of Philadelphia, located at 1431 North 15th Street. The letter is undated, but internal evidence suggests a date between 1860 and 1863.


Associated People/Businesses

  • Leeser, Isaac
  • Levy, Esther
  • Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • LEESER, ISAAC / LEVY, ESTHER

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Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 3, Folder 1