Subject: Charitable bequests

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Abstract of the Will of Abraham Touro, Boston, Massachusetts, October 17, 1822 Abstract of the Will of Abraham Touro, Boston, Massachusetts, October 17, 1822

Handwritten abstract of a portion of Abraham Touro's will, dated October 17, 1822, in Boston, Massachusetts. The abstract details bequests to the Newport, Rhode Island synagogue and for street renovations near the Jewish cemetery in Newport.

Letter from Mendes Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser regarding Judah Touro's bequest, May 1, 1854 Letter from Mendes Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser regarding Judah Touro's bequest, May 1, 1854

A one-page letter from Mendes Kursheedt to Isaac Leeser dated May 1, 1854, concerning the $3,000 bequest from Judah Touro for charitable distribution. The letter was written in New Orleans, Louisiana and discusses the largest bequest to Jewish causes at that time, facilitated by the Kursheedt brothers with Leeser's guidance.