This one and a half page letter, dated November 21, 1856, was written by J.H. Hockstaeder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Isaac Leeser. Hockstaeder expresses his pleasure at having recently visited Leeser in Philadelphia and requests that Leeser send copies of *The Occident* to Milwaukee. He also inquires about whether *The Occident* contains a notice regarding the German congregation of Milwaukee and asks Leeser to send copies to the congregation's president and other officers, offering to pay for them. The letter includes Hockstaeder's return address in Milwaukee, care of E.M. Mayer's box. A historical note mentions that the first congregation in Milwaukee was established in 1847, with a second in 1852; both merged to form B'ne Jeshurun in 1856, the same year this letter was written.
Subject: Congregations, Jewish -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 19th Century
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