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Letter from Aron Kagan Regarding a Fundraising Mission to America, 1776

A letter dated 1776, written by Rabbi Aharon ben Yosef HaCohen, a rabbinical emissary (Shadar) to America. The letter details a fundraising mission to America and includes a promise to return 500 Dutch Florins upon his return to Amsterdam. This fundraising mission is also referenced in Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai's travelogue *Maagal Tov* and *Shluchei Eretz Yisrael*. The letter is written in Hebrew.

Associated People/Businesses

Kagan, Aron
Cohen, Aharon ben Yosef Ha

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

Fund raising
Rabbis

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 30