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Letter from Emanuel Sampson to Isaac Leeser, July 19, 1847

Two-page letter written by Emanuel Sampson to Reverend Isaac Leeser on July 19, 1847, from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sampson recounts a charitable act by Joseph Andrews in Memphis, Tennessee, who provided a burial plot for Sampson's deceased son and suggests that this act be reported in the Occident.

Associated People/Businesses

LEESER, ISAAC
SAMPSON, EMANUEL
ANDREWS, JOSEPH

Geography

Philadelphia
New Orleans
Louisiana

Subjects

Jewish Charities
Burial
Death
Personal Correspondence
Jewish American history

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 4, Folder 2