Handwritten letter from Benjamin H. Lichtenstein, gabbai of the Rabi Meir Ba’a’l HaNes charity fund in the United States, to philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore. The letter, dated June 6, 1856, from 114 Canal Street, New York, to Grosvenor Gate, Park Lane, London, describes an unusual transaction where Lichtenstein sends a donation to Montefiore to be transferred to the Jewish community in Tiberias. The letter also includes a request that Montefiore ask people in the Land of Israel to send letters, as they are considered very precious. The item features legible handwritten text on plain paper, with the sender's name and address noted at the bottom and the recipient's information on the verso. 3.
Subject: Tiberias (Israel)
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