Letter from White Bear Lake, Minnesota to St. Paul, Minnesota, August 9, 1863
A letter written from White Bear Lake, Minnesota to St. Paul, Minnesota on August 9, 1863, detailing a gentile traveler's encounter with Mr. and Mrs. Weil of La Porte, Indiana. The writer describes the Weils as kind, agreeable, liberal, and recently converted to Judaism. The letter suggests that Mr. Weil was a banker and that the family was visiting a relative, Isaac Weil, in St. Paul.