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Letter from L. M. Plant to Isaac Leeser Regarding the Construction of Evansville's First Synagogue, April 8, 1861
Two-page letter written by L. M. Plant of Evansville, Indiana, to Isaac Leeser on April 8, 1861. Plant requests Leeser to publish an advertisement soliciting donations for the construction of the first synagogue in Evansville. Plant's postscript suggests Leeser is authorized to collect the funds raised through the advertisement. The letter indicates that the Civil War delayed the synagogue's construction, which was completed shortly after the war's end. The B'Nai Israel congregation in Evansville was formed in 1857 by German immigrants.
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- LEESER, ISAAC / PLANT, L. M.
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Arc.MS.56, Box 4, Folder 5