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Letter from Abraham Hart to Sabato Morais Regarding a Charitable Request, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1855Letter from Abraham Hart to Sabato Morais Regarding a Charitable Request, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1855

A letter dated September 18, 1855, from Abraham Hart, Parnas of Mikveh Israel Synagogue, to Rabbi Sabato Morais, also of Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hart responds to Morais's request for $300 for the poor, referencing an enclosed broadside resolution from the Mikveh Israel Board granting the funds. This letter provides insight into the process of charitable giving within the synagogue.