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Subject: Advertising -- United States -- History -- 19th century

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Advertisements for *The Occident*, June 1849: An Autograph Manuscript by Isaac LeeserAdvertisements for *The Occident*, June 1849: An Autograph Manuscript by Isaac Leeser

Autograph manuscript written in English (with one Hebrew word) by Isaac Leeser, listing advertisements for the June 1849 issue of *The Occident*. Advertisements include one for a Jewish boarding house in New York City with "fine spacious apartments," open until after the arrival of Philadelphia cars; Bibles bound in calf, suitable for Jewish families and schools; and a search for a Chazan for K.K. Bne Jeshurun in Cincinnati, offering a salary of $500. The manuscript notes that "none but persons fully qualified need apply, and none others will be elected." The manuscript comprises two pages in a tall, thin folio format. Dated May 1, 1849.