This archival item consists of a letter and its accompanying envelope. The envelope, postmarked June 26, 1886, features advertising for I. Scheier & Son, the Plattsburgh Cigar Factory (established 1863), and the depot for Rochester Brewing & Excelsior Lager. The envelope's address indicates it was sent from Plattsburgh, New York, to Ripton, Vermont. The letter itself is not fully transcribed in the available metadata, but it references the Congregation Beth Israel in Plattsburgh, founded April 27, 1865, and lists Rabbi Jacob Lubin among its leadership.
Subject: Jewish Community in New York
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A one-page, stampless letter written by M.B. Seixas to Tobias I. Tobias on September 3, 1834, in New York. The letter discusses a controversy within a synagogue, referencing Mr. Moses and Mr. Isaacs and a debt settlement involving Seixas's brother Sol. This letter is one of three related to this controversy.